Table 5. The effects of pre-weaning (gestation and lactation) or post-weaning (Diet A or Diet B) diets on the different bacterial genera (proportion of total sequences) present in at least 5 faecal samples from the domestic kitten (Felis catus; n = 5 per treatment) at a level of 0.5% or higher.
| Phyla and Genera | A-A Mean | A-B Mean | B-A Mean | B-B Mean | SEM | Pre-wean P-value1 | Pre-wean FDR1 | Post-wean P-value2 | Post-wean FDR2 | Pre*Post P-value | Pre*Post FDR |
| Actinobacteria | |||||||||||
| Collinsella | 0.57 | 0.18 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 0.45 | 0.79 | 1.00 |
| Bacteroidetes | |||||||||||
| Prevotella | 16.13 | 5.81 | 16.95 | 9.81 | 3.15 | 0.36 | 1.00 | 0.26 | 1.00 | 0.26 | 1.00 |
| Unclassified Prevotellaceae | 0.31 | 6.31 | 0.16 | 5.92 | 0.50 | 0.18 | 1.00 | <0.01 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 1.00 |
| Unclassified Bacteroidales | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.05 | 0.89 | 1.00 | <0.01 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 1.00 |
| Bacteroides | 2.08 | 6.86 | 0.89 | 10.60 | 1.12 | 1.00 | 1.00 | <0.01 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 1.00 |
| Firmicutes | |||||||||||
| Unclassified Firmicutes | 0.50 | 0.28 | 0.47 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.26 | 0.78 | 1.00 |
| Solobacterium | 3.32 | 6.41 | 2.78 | 3.45 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 1.00 |
| Unclassified Veillonellaceae | 1.54 | 2.28 | 1.77 | 4.58 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 1.00 | <0.01 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 1.00 |
| Megasphaera | 14.00 | 0.02 | 11.32 | 0.01 | 2.26 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.61 | 1.00 |
| Megamonas | 1.52 | 1.48 | 1.86 | 4.54 | 0.53 | 0.05 | 1.00 | 0.14 | 1.00 | 0.11 | 1.00 |
| Allisonella | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.49 | 0.39 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 1.00 | 0.45 | 1.00 | 0.79 | 1.00 |
| Acidaminococcus | 0.43 | 0.00 | 1.01 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.53 | 1.00 | <0.01 | 0.01 | 0.85 | 1.00 |
| Unclassified Ruminococcaceae | 0.38 | 2.67 | 0.76 | 2.06 | 0.31 | 0.58 | 1.00 | <0.01 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 1.00 |
| Unclassified Peptostreptococcaceae | 10.35 | 31.85 | 12.22 | 21.46 | 3.54 | 0.49 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 0.43 | 0.87 | 1.00 |
| Unclassified Peptococcaceae | 0.40 | 0.70 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.83 | 0.22 | 1.00 | 0.30 | 1.00 |
| Unclassified Clostridiales | 1.93 | 4.98 | 1.81 | 2.93 | 0.34 | 0.05 | 1.00 | <0.01 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 1.00 |
| Unclassified Lachnospiraceae | 1.19 | 2.22 | 1.39 | 2.12 | 0.29 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 0.58 | 0.27 | 1.00 |
| Blautia | 2.29 | 1.29 | 0.86 | 1.48 | 0.37 | 0.24 | 1.00 | 0.40 | 1.00 | 0.30 | 1.00 |
| Clostridium | 0.19 | 1.23 | 0.02 | 0.68 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 1.00 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.42 | 1.00 |
| Streptococcus | 28.62 | 0.04 | 9.08 | 0.09 | 3.45 | 0.21 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 1.00 |
| Lactobacillus | 4.68 | 1.07 | 17.72 | 0.27 | 1.92 | 0.16 | 1.00 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.67 | 1.00 |
| Enterococcus | 0.44 | 1.03 | 11.78 | 0.01 | 1.46 | 0.49 | 1.00 | 0.20 | 1.00 | 0.34 | 1.00 |
| Fusobacteria | |||||||||||
| Fusobacterium | 1.48 | 10.56 | 0.44 | 20.13 | 1.17 | 0.48 | 1.00 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.01 | 0.18 |
| Unclassified Fusobacteriaceae | 0.17 | 2.59 | 1.18 | 3.55 | 0.56 | 0.70 | 1.00 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.29 | 1.00 |
| Proteobacteria | |||||||||||
| Sutterella | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.79 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 1.00 | 0.04 | 1.00 | 0.29 | 1.00 |
Diet A- Diet B (A-B) n = 3 females, n = 2 males.
Diet B- Diet A (B-A) n = 3 females, n = 2 males.
Diet B- Diet B (B-B) n = 4 females, n = 1 male.
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Comparisons between Diets A-A and A-B vs B-A and B-B.
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Comparison between Diets A-A and B-A and B-B and A-B.
Results represent an average of samples taken at week 8 and 17. P value indicates ANOVA significance of rank transformed data and False discovery Rate (FDR) indicates multiple testing adjusted P value. Diet A-Diet A (A-A) n = 3 females, n = 2 males.