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. 2015 Nov 27;7(12):9768–9784. doi: 10.3390/nu7125497

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Phylum- and genera-level cecal microbiota shifts due to dietary Zn depletion. (A) Phylum-level changes between the Zn(+) and Zn(−) groups as measured at the end of the study (day 28). Only those phyla with abundance > 1% are shown; (B) Increased Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria ratios in the Zn(+) group (* p < 0.05, NS = not statistically significant); (C) Inverse correlation between Proteobacteria abundance and bodyweight; (D) Genus-level changes in the Zn(+) and Zn(−) group as measured at the end of the study (day 28). Only those genera significantly different between groups are shown.