Table 1.

Source, housing conditions and experimental setup of mice

	Figure	Breeding	Facility acclimatisation	Littermates	Male	Female	Western diet
Mucus measurements WSD	1, 2, 3	in-house		X	X		8 weeks
Mucus measurements Ob/Ob	S1	in-house		X	X	X	--
Microbiota analyses WSD	3	Charles River	X		X		8 weeks
Mucus phenotype time course	2, 4	Charles River	X		X		1–28 days
Mucus phenotype prevention	2, 5, S2	Charles River	X		X		6 weeks
Bifidobacterium/inulin treatment	6	Charles River	X		X		4 weeks