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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2015 Apr 13;65(6):1331–1340. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05315

Figure 2. Comparison of microbiota composition between WKY rats and SHR.

Figure 2

A. The Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio (F/B ratio) was calculated as a biomarker of gut dysbiosis. B. Phylum breakdown of the four most abundant bacterial communities in the WKY (n=5) and SHR (n=6) fecal samples. A decrease of Bacteroidetes along with an increase of Firmicutes resulted in a dysbiosis signature of gut microbiota in SHR rats. A significant reduction of the Actinobacteria phylum correlated with a lower diversity value. Results were compared by student’s t-test; ** p<0.01; ***p<0.001.