(A) Body weight. Before EODF or microbiota transplantation (MT) treatment, all mice were given access to control vehicle (CV) water or water supplemented with an antibiotics cocktail (AB) for 4 weeks. n=6–8 mice/group.
(B) Fat mass. n=6–8 mice/group.
(C) Serum ALT. n=6–8 mice/group.
(D) Liver triglycerides. n=6–8 mice/group.
(E) Representative H & E staining of liver sections. Scale bar: 100 μm.
(F–G) Glucose tolerance test in CV-treated (F) or AB-treated (G) mice. n=6 mice/group.
(H) Glucose tolerance test in MT mice receiving microbiota from AL (AL/MT) or EODF donors (EODF/MT). n= 8 mice/group.
Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Different lowercase letters indicate statistical significance by two-tailed unpaired t-test, a, p < 0.05; b, p < 0.01; c, p < 0.005; and d, p < 0.001. Black letters show the effects of EODF or EODF/TM (EODF versus AL, or EODF/MT versus AL/MT with access to the same water).