. 2017 Apr 24;12(4):e0175935. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175935

Table 2. Plate counts for different microbial groups expressed in logCFU/g.

	T0	T1	T2	T3	T4
Enterococcus spp.
C	5.67±0.03^a	5.08±0.04^c	5.76±0.01^a	5.30±0.04^b	5.83±0.16^a
CL	6.34±0.06^a	4.66±0.08^e	5.98±0.08^b	5.18±0.10^d	5.56±0.04^c
CLF	6.04±0.01^b	6.06±0.06^b	6.40±0.11^a	5.72±0.11^c	5.59±0.10^c
CLP	5.56±0.04^a	4.13±0.00^c	4.80±0.45^b	5.81±0.04^a	6.04±0.02^a
CLS	5.90±0.01^ab	6.03±0.06^a	5.81±0.09^b	4.73±0.02^c	5.85±0.06^b
Lactobacillus spp.
C	6.83±0.08^a	6.09±0.09^c	6.43±0.05^b	5.78±0.02^d	6.45±0.02^b
CL	6.65±0.00^a	6.47±0.05^b	6.76±0.01^a	5.95±0.08^c	6.41±0.01^b
CLF	6.04±0.01^d	5.86±0.04^e	6.62±0.01^b	6.52±0.01^c	6.88±0.02^a
CLP	6.45±0.05^bc	5.79±0.05^d	6.56±0.07^b	6.42±0.02^c	6.86±0.04^a
CLS	6.47±0.02^b	6.03±0.06^c	6.80±0.08^a	6.45±0.02^b	6.81±0.10^a
Bifidobacterium spp.
C	7.02±0.00^a	6.58±0.05^b	6.36±0.10^c	6.34±0.08c	5.99±0.02^d
CL	6.92±0.01^a	5.96±0.05^c	6.52±0.02^b	5.92±0.01c	5.75±0.09^d
CLF	5.11±0.01^c	6.00±0.20^b	6.53±0.08^a	6.40±0.03a	6.46±0.05^a
CLP	5.90±0.01^c	5.37±0.07^d	5.92±0.04^c	6.39±0.04a	6.17±0.10^b
CLS	6.78±0.01^a	6.01±0.11^b	5.39±0.06^d	5.70±0.02c	5.85±0.06^bc
Clostridium spp.
C	6.86±0.03^a	6.41±0.10^b	6.37±0.16^b	6.56±0.07^b	6.10±0.07^c
CL	6.78±0.02^a	5.72±0.02^d	6.82±0.04^a	5.99±0.02^c	6.41±0.08^b
CLF	6.45±0.08^a	5.80±0.04^b	6.48±0.07^a	6.39±0.06^a	6.55±0.07^a
CLP	6.40±0.17^b	5.81±0.06^c	6.71±0.09^a	6.48±0.04^ab	6.65±0.03^a
CLS	6.63±0.04^ab	6.72±0.03^a	6.45±0.05^b	6.52±0.06^b	6.59±0.11^ab
Enterobacteria
C	3.17±0.06^ab	2.76±0.03^c	3.43±0.10^a	3.05±0.04^bc	2.91±0.19^bc
CL	3.63±0.11^a	3.14±0.03^bc	3.24±0.06b	2.99±0.03^c	3.27±0.03^b
CLF	3.01±0.00^ba	2.34±0.31^c	3.26±0.03^a	2.85±0.06^b	2.82±0.08^b
CLP	2.48±0.13^d	2.65±0.08^cd	3.27±0.15^a	2.93±0.04^b	2.77±0.01^bc
CLS	2.85±0.02^b	3.06±0.06^a	2.77±0.14^bc	2.66±0.00^c	2.65±0.02^c
Bacteroides spp.
C	3.02±0.02^b	3.70±0.01^a	2.41±0.08^c	3.02±0.10^b	3.01±0.09^b
CL	3.03±0.03^b	3.65±0.06^a	2.48±0.03^c	3.08±0.01^b	3.18±0.02^b
CLF	2.77±0.01^a	2.53±0.08^a	2.65±0.08^a	2.70±0.10^a	2.59±0.02^a
CLP	2.77±0.07^a	2.74±0.12^a	2.46±0.05^b	2.60±0.02^a	2.69±0.06^a
CLS	3.77±0.13^a	2.58±0.13^b	2.56±0.22^b	2.48±0.01^b	2.73±0.02^b

Means ±SD with the same letter in the same row are not statistically different from each other (p<0.05). Group C: negative control–healthy animals; Group CL: positive control—DSS; Group CLF: DSS with the fermented product; Group CLP: DSS with the non-fermented product (placebo); Group CLS: DSS with sulfasalazine. T0 = before products administration, T1 = one week after products administration, T2 = colitis induction period, T3 = one week after the end of the induction T4 = at the end of the experiment. n = 10.