Table 3.

qPCR quantification ofF. prausnitzii,A. muciniphila,Enterobacteriaceae, Clostridiumcluster IV,BifidobacteriumandLactobacillusgroup in the faecal microbiota of atopics and healthy controls

	16S rRNA gene copies/μg fecal DNA
Bacterial species/group	Atopics	Controls	Pvalue
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii	6.17E + 06	2.03E + 07	0.0014
Akkermansia muciniphila	3.01E + 05	5.03E + 05	0.0190
Enterobacteriaceae	3.86E + 04	1.19E + 04	0.3500
Clostridium cluster IV	4.46E + 06	1.55E + 07	0.0035
Bifidobacterium	1.08E + 06	1.72E + 06	0.0850
Lactobacillus group	3.75E + 02	5.48E + 02	0.6410

For each bacterial species/group, the mean 16S rRNA copy number per μg of faecal DNA is reported.