Extended Data Figure 7. Abundance of B. stercoris harboring the 34 gene PUL can be controlled in the context of a conventional mouse microbiota.
Conventional mice (n=5) fed a MAC-rich diet were colonized with a strain of B. stercoris harboring the designed 34 gene porphyran PUL and density of the engineered strain was tracked in the feces. Upon administration of 1% porphyran in the drinking water (green shaded box), density of B. stercoris increased, and subsequently decreased upon removal of porphyran. Error bars are standard deviation. Gray shaded box represents the limit of detection.