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.