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. 2012 Apr 20;7(4):e35470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035470

Table 2. Genera significantly impacted by helminth infection in the porcine colon microbiota.

Genus Uninfected Worm Worm-free
Fibrobacter 2.728±1.150a 0.435±0.454b 0.420±0.488b
Treponema 1.468±0.195a 0.382±0.432b 0.289±0.346b
Spirochaeta 0.280±0.082a 0.080±0.072b 0.077±0.077b
Dorea 0.181±0.020a 0.089±0.043b 0.108±0.048b
Campylobacter 0.108±0.045a 0.340±0.573a 0.032±0.012b
Brachyspira 0.057±0.014a 0.025±0.016b 0.023±0.014b
Mycoplasma 0.028±0.004a 0.013±0.007b 0.013±0.008b
Thermotoga 0.024±0.008a 0.012±0.007b 0.013±0.007a
Actinobacillus 0.022±0.001a 0.014±0.004b 0.013±0.005b
Francisella 0.010±0.001a 0.005±0.003b 0.005±0.003b
Erysipelothrix 0.010±0.003a 0.005±0.003b 0.005±0.002b

Numbers denote mean ±SD of percentage composition (N = 4). Only genera significantly impacted detected by both MetaPhyler and MG RAST are listed. Different superscripted letters indicated significantly different at P<0.05 based on a modified t-test.