Table 8.

Relative abundance of genus level in cecum dominant microorganisms.

Items	CON	LLP	MLP	HLP	p-value
Bacteroides	17.80 ± 2.55	16.80 ± 0.69	19.65 ± 0.79	17.70 ± 2.01	0.412
Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group	14.00 ± 0.64	11.897 ± 0.74	13.21 ± 0.68	14.62 ± 1.10	0.278
Fusobacterium	6.43 ± 1.20a	6.37 ± 0.68a	3.22 ± 0.85b	4.90 ± 0.52b	0.017
Phascolarctobacterium	3.01 ± 0.56	3.09 ± 0.73	3.23 ± 0.46	3.66 ± 0.13	0.586
Treponema	4.17 ± 1.68a	1.13 ± 0.12b	1.81 ± 0.30b	0.96 ± 0.27b	0.023
WPS-2_norark	1.69 ± 0.22	1.65 ± 0.25	2.96 ± 0.49	2.57 ± 0.29	0.147

CON, control, basal diet; LLP, basal diet + 10⁶ CFU/kg L. paracasei LK01; MLP, basal diet + 10⁷ CFU/kg L. paracasei LK01; HLP, basal diet + 10⁸ CFU/kg L. paracasei LK01. Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). Results are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). n = 4.