Table 4.
The effect of starter feeding on relative abundance of phylum level (% of total sequences) in colonic mucosaa.
| Phylum | M | M+S | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firmicutes | 53.11±5.61 | 44.04±8.81 | 0.027 |
| Bacteroidetes | 31.35±5.31 | 41.31±10.02 | 0.027 |
| Proteobacteria | 3.86±1.07 | 4.14±2.33 | 0.600 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 4.11±1.54 | 3.71±3.05 | 0.462 |
| Unclassified Bacteria | 3.71±0.55 | 2.72±1.36 | 0.046 |
| Actinobacteria | 0.62±0.27 | 1.93±1.23 | 0.005 |
| Tenericutes | 1.03±0.50 | 0.68±0.55 | 0.172 |
| Planctomycetes | 0.61±0.21 | 0.43±0.39 | 0.141 |
| Lentisphaerae | 0.55±0.58 | 0.27±0.24 | 0.294 |
| Spirochaetae | 0.37±0.28 | 0.40±0.37 | 0.916 |
| Cyanobacteria | 0.44±0.34 | 0.20±0.15 | 0.036 |
| Fusobacteria | 0.16±0.13 | 0.14±0.11 | 0.916 |
| Others | 0.09±0.06 | 0.02±0.01 | 0.001 |
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Values are means ± SD, n = 8.