Table 6. Effects of FPP on fecal microbiota.

Taxonomy	Overall average	FPP at 9 g/day			FPP at 3 g/day			Control group
		before	after	P value	before	after	P value	before	after	P value
Phylum
Firmicutes	55.09	63.72	52.96	0.05	49.13	55.32	0.11	50.89	55.94	0.34
Proteobacteria	6.23	5.19	8.43	0.06	5.14	3.33	0.43	4.32	5.66	0.13
Class
4Cod-2	0.24	0.05	0.36	0.091	0.11	0.34	0.170	0.02	0.56	0.349
Clostridia	49.30	56.14	47.03	0.067	42.60	46.87	0.461	53.46	49.68	0.394
Bacilli	1.51	1.91	0.54	0.229	0.54	0.34	0.094	2.89	2.86	0.936
Family
Coriobacteriaceae	1.00	0.66	0.21	0.003*	0.61	0.76	0.310	2.32	1.43	0.251
Enterococcaceae	1.08	1.89	0.16	0.096	0.34	0.26	0.245	1.44	2.41	0.356
Porphyromonadaceae	20.39	15.46	23.77	0.089	33.56	22.56	0.177	14.73	12.46	0.546
Ruminococcaceae	13.08	14.92	11.55	0.100	11.43	13.83	0.120	14.29	12.46	0.167
Veillonellaceae	1.95	1.15	1.14	0.095	2.02	2.66	0.240	1.63	2.10	0.338
Genus
Anaerofustis	0.01	0.02	0.00	0.078	0.00	0.01	0.356	0.04	0.00	0.172
Anaerotruncus	0.26	0.16	0.16	0.923	0.33	0.61	0.057	0.16	0.16	1.000
Bilophila	0.16	0.10	0.24	0.066	0.06	0.06	1.000	0.17	0.31	0.416
Blautia	7.16	8.74	3.82	0.015*	7.41	6.17	0.205	11.87	4.96	0.102
Eggerthella	0.33	0.60	0.20	0.004*	0.22	0.22	1.000	0.41	0.30	0.434
Enterococcus	1.08	1.89	0.16	0.096	0.34	0.26	0.245	1.44	2.41	0.356
Parabacteroides	20.34	15.46	23.77	0.089	33.35	22.54	0.177	14.67	12.04	0.518

Taxonomic groups showing significant (P < 0.1) population changes after 30-day administration of FPP are listed.

*P < 0.05.