Figure 2.
Manipulation of gut microbiota changes bone fracture properties. (A) Initiation toughness in females was higher in the Reconstituted group than in the Unaltered and Delayed groups. (B) Maximum toughness in females was higher in the Reconstituted group than in the Unaltered, Continuous, and Delayed groups (C). Initiation toughness in males was not different across the groups. (D) Maximum toughness in males was higher in all groups with antibiotic treatments. N = 7-10 per group for females; N = 5-11 per group for males. One-way ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test was used for (A) and (C); one-way ANOVA with Games–Howell post hoc test was used for (B); and Kruskal–Wallis with Dunn’s post hoc test was used for (D).
