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. 2014 Sep 12;9(9):e106988. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106988

Table 4. Comparisons of the abundance of gut bacteria from the four samples at phylum level.

Phylum	MI	MR	FI	FR
Acidobacteria	0.34±0.04^c	2.49±0.10^a	0^d	1.58±0.07^b
Actinobacteria	2.42±0.03^b	7.97±0.17^b	0.47±0.05^c	8.64±0.16^a
Bacteroidetes	1.78±0.09^c	2.50±0.10^a	2.16±0.10^b	1.02±0.06^d
Chlorobi	0^b	0.02±8.21E−05^a	0^b	0^b
Chloroflexi	0^b	0^b	0^b	0.02±7.97E−05^a
Cyanobacteria/Chloroplast	0.07±0.01^b	0^c	0^c	0.49±0.0^a
Deinococcus-Thermus	0^a	0^a	0^a	6.50E−03±4.60E−05^a
Firmicutes	4.42±0.13^c	8.84±0.18^a	5.80±0.02^b	3.40±0.10^d
Fusobacteria	0^b	0.03±0.01^a	0^b	0.02±7.97E−05^a
Gemmatimonadetes	0.04±0.01^b	1.04±0.01^a	0.07±0.02^b	1.22±0.06^a
Nitrospira	0^b	0.21±0.01^a	0^b	0^b
Planctomycetes	0^b	0^b	0^b	6.50E−03±4.60E−05^a
Proteobacteria	92.96±0.17^a	75.31±0.28^d	91.45±0.19^b	82.33±0.22^c
Spirochaetes	0^a	0^a	0^a	6.50E−03±4.60E−05^a
Tenericutes	0^a	4.10E−03±4.10E−05 ^a	0^a	0^a
TM7	0^b	0.03±0.01^a	0^b	0^b
unclassified_Bacteria	0.15±0.03^c	1.90±0.09^a	0.05±0.01^b	1.35±0.06^d

Abbreviations: FI, female-intestine; FR, female-ovary; MI, male-intestine; MR, male-testis.

Abundance with the same letter are not significantly different (P>0.05).