Table 1. Richness and diversity estimation for colon contents bacterial populations based on alpha diversity analysis.

group	0.97
	ACE	Chao1	Shannon	Simpson
N	420.2±13.1	421.2±12.8	3.752±0.09	0.0599±0.008
M	367.4±36.8*	339.6±19.8*	3.104±0.29*	0.0634±0.015
PP	359.6±41.4	379.4±52.9	3.684±0.22	0.0707±0.024
HP	404.2±40.9	407.8±46.3	3.658±0.53	0.0902±0.055
MP	417.0±39.0	423.8±43.5#	3.958±0.32#	0.0530±0.011
LP	453.2±23.2#	458.8±27.3##	3.940±0.32#	0.0535±0.032

*, P<0.05, M VS N; ##, P<0.01, #, P<0.05, polysaccharides group VS M.