Table 2.
VAGs that are differently distributed between control and probiotic groupsa
| Origin | Gene (function/location) | % positive samples for group |
P valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probiotic | Control | |||
| All | hlyF (toxin) | 14.1 | 23.3 | 0.011 |
| focG (adhesin) | 1.9 | 6.8 | 0.015 | |
| papC (adhesin) | 0.4 | 4.1 | 0.008 | |
| papGIII (adhesin) | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.028 | |
| iroN (iron acquisition/plasmid) | 23.4 | 33.3 | 0.040 | |
| cvaC (bacteriocin/plasmid) | 12.9 | 23.9 | 0.002 | |
| Mucosa | hlyF (toxin) | 15.0 | 23.6 | 0.046 |
| focG (adhesin) | 0.4 | 7.0 | 0.002 | |
| papC (adhesin) | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.009 | |
| sitA (iron acquisition) | 42.7 | 57.4 | 0.045 | |
| cvaC (bacteriocin/plasmid) | 13.8 | 23.6 | 0.041 | |
| Digesta | hlyF (toxin) | 14.1 | 25.5 | 0.012 |
| focG (adhesin) | 2.7 | 8.6 | 0.037 | |
| papC (adhesin) | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.027 | |
| papGIII (adhesin) | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.023 | |
| iroN (iron acquisition/plasmid) | 22.9 | 34.5 | 0.011 | |
| cvaC (bacteriocin/plasmid) | 12.6 | 25.9 | 0.001 | |
a
Calculations based on all isolates of each group for VAGs that are differently distributed between mucosa and digesta from control and probiotic groups.
b
A total of 69 VAGs were screened; here, only significant results are listed (permutation test).