Table 3.

Pseudo F table of pairwise comparisons of diet types using PERMANOVA.

Pairwise comparison	Source of variance	Sum of squares	Degrees of freedom	Mean square	F	R2	p∗
SM vs. BM	Diet	1.314	1	1.314	19.660	0.496	0.001
	Residuals	1.337	20	0.067		0.504
	Total	2.652	21			1
SM vs. PBM	Diet	0.308	1	0.308	4.261	0.176	0.021
	Residuals	1.444	20	0.072		0.824
	Total	1.752	21			1
BM vs. PBM	Diet	0.522	1	0.522	8.208	0.272	0.004
	Residuals	1.399	22	0.064		0.728
	Total	1.921	23			1

^∗OTUs with 5 or fewer sequences were excluded. Significant p-values (≤0.05) are bolded.