Table 1. Predominant bacterial genera (expressed as average percentage of sequences) in feces of kittens fed a moderate-protein, moderate-carbohydrate (MPMC) or high-protein, low-carbohydrate (HPLC) diet at 8, 12, and 16 weeks of age.
| Diets | |||||||
| MPMC | HPLC | ||||||
| Age (weeks) | Age (weeks) | ||||||
| 8 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 16 | Odds ratio (MPMC vs. HPLC) | |
| Firmicutes | 53.84 | 57.34 | 61.78 | 45.98 | 53.63 | 50.89 | |
| Acidaminococcus | 6.70 | 5.94 | 7.63 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.98 | 12.81 |
| Bacillus | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.76 |
| Butyrivibrio | 0.58 | 0.40 | 0.53 | 1.53 | 1.47 | 1.43 | 0.45 |
| Cellulosilyticum | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.45 |
| Clostridium | 5.23 | 3.71 | 4.60 | 13.92 | 13.78 | 13.96 | 0.43 |
| Ethanoligenens | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.38 |
| Eubacterium | 2.77 | 1.86 | 2.51 | 7.67 | 17.22 | 13.68 | 0.23 |
| Lactobacillus | 3.55 | 0.55 | 1.07 | 1.41 | 0.65 | 0.67 | |
| Megasphaera | 19.74 | 32.69 | 30.66 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.43 | 151.67 |
| Oscillibacter | 0.87 | 0.40 | 0.51 | 1.87 | 1.77 | 1.67 | 0.42 |
| Roseburia | 2.23 | 1.38 | 1.89 | 6.12 | 5.91 | 6.10 | 0.40 |
| Ruminococcus | 0.55 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 0.46 |
| Selenomonas | 6.16 | 6.24 | 7.52 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 19.00 |
| Streptococcus | 0.75 | 0.44 | 0.55 | 1.22 | 1.04 | 1.00 | |
| Bacteroidetes | 30.36 | 21.32 | 17.07 | 36.02 | 31.59 | 33.24 | |
| Bacteroides | 11.59 | 6.74 | 6.74 | 22.50 | 19.73 | 19.90 | 0.50 |
| Odoribacter | 0.55 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 1.17 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 0.46 |
| Parabacteroides | 1.52 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 5.40 | 2.68 | 1.85 | 0.32 |
| Prevotella | 15.38 | 12.68 | 8.71 | 5.65 | 7.04 | 9.14 | 2.22 |
| Tannerella | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.44 | |
| Actinobacteria | 10.89 | 17.70 | 17.30 | 6.57 | 4.15 | 5.29 | |
| Atopobium | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 1.76 |
| Bifidobacterium | 7.22 | 14.76 | 13.79 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.78 | 34.40 |
| Coriobacterium | 1.24 | 0.79 | 0.95 | 2.25 | 1.11 | 1.61 | |
| Eggerthella | 0.48 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 1.17 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.63 |
| Olsenella | 0.66 | 0.77 | 0.94 | 0.68 | 0.40 | 0.55 | 2.16 |
| Slackia | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.73 |
| Proteobacteria | 2.67 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 5.90 | 5.22 | 4.75 | |
| Desulfovibrio | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 1.21 | 1.32 | 0.93 | 0.18 |
| Escherichia | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 1.32 | 0.67 | 0.05 | |
| Fusobacteria | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 2.11 | 2.11 | 2.36 | |
| Fusobacterium | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.13 | 0.06 |
| Ilyobacter | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.95 | 0.07 |
| Sprirochaetes | 0.78 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 1.48 | 1.44 | 1.47 | |
| Treponema | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.54 |
Odds ratios are provided for statistically significant diet differences.