Table 4.
The quantity of certain bacterial groups in the colonic digesta from mice in the four treatments [log10(copy numbers of gene)/gram of wet sample].
| Bacteria | C | G | M | GM | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firmicutes | 11.80 ± 0.37a | 10.80 ± 0.42 b | 11.06 ± 0.31 bc | 11.22 ± 0.36 c | 0.00 |
| Ruminococcaceae | 10.46 ± 0.74 a | 9.43 ± 0.73 b | 10.53 ± 0.42 a | 10.86 ± 0.33 a | 0.00 |
| Bacteroidetes | 10.11 ± 0.55 a | 11.12 ± 0.56 b | 10.58 ± 0.54 ab | 10.57 ± 0.33 ab | 0.01 |
| Prevotella | 5.93 ± 0.53 a | 6.54 ± 0.39 b | 5.95 ± 0.32 a | 6.04 ± 0.23 a | 0.02 |
| β -Proteobacteria | 6.74 ± 0.20 a | 8.04 ± 0.47 b | 7.05 ± 0.42 a | 7.03 ± 0.44 a | 0.00 |
| γ -Proteobacteria | 9.15 ± 0.62 a | 10.13 ± 0.41 b | 9.30 ± 0.88 a | 9.70 ± 0.62 ab | 0.04 |
| Enterobacteriaceae | 7.04 ± 0.26 a | 8.53 ± 0.71 b | 7.43 ± 0.24 a | 7.23 ± 0.22 a | 0.00 |
| SRB | 8.07 ± 0.49 a | 7.25 ± 0.36 b | 9.05 ± 0.35 c | 8.61 ± 0.37 c | 0.00 |
| Desulfovibrio desulfuricans | 8.12 ± 0.35 a | 6.60 ± 0.27 b | 8.20 ± 0.20 a | 8.59 ± 0.21 c | 0.00 |
| Methanogens | 6.93 ± 0.21 | 6.98 ± 0.34 | 6.91 ± 0.30 | 6.90 ± 0.23 | 0.95 |
Data was shown as Mean ± Standard Deviation. C, control; G, glucan; M, MCC; GM, glucan and MCC. a,b,cDifferent letter superscripts in same column indicate significant difference (p < 0.05).