FIG. 3.

Correlation coefficients (percentages) between DGGE profiles of consecutive time points of the Twin-SHIME (SHIME 1 and 2) during the stabilization period in the ascending (A), transverse (B), and descending (C) colon compartments. (D) Average range-weighted richness (RR) of SHIME 1 and 2, based on the DGGE patterns of the ascending (ASC), transverse (TR), and descending (DES) colon at different time points after inoculation, specifically, day (d) 1 (n = 2), day 12 (n = 2), and during the control period (days 19 to 26 [n = 4]) (n indicates the number of replicate experiments).