Table 3.
Bacteria taxa (genus level) correlated with weight gain (P < 0.05)
| Age | Tissue | Positively correlated taxa | Negatively correlated taxa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 33 | Ileum | Unclassified Ruminococcaceae (0.51) | None |
| Cecum | None | Lactobacillus (−0.51) | |
| Colon |
Bulleidia (0.61) Unclassified Pirellulaceae (0.55) Unclassified Bacteroidales (0.71) |
None | |
| Day 62 | Ileum | Rothia (0.58) |
Campylobacter (−0.57) Oscillospira (−0.52) |
| Cecum | Unclassified RF16 (0.45) |
Dorea (−0.48) Blautia (−0.51) |
|
| Colon |
CF231 (0.64) Treponema (0.52) Unclassified RF16 (0.51) |
Acidaminococcus (−0.52) Eubacterium (−0.49) |
|
| Day 84 | Ileum | Unclassified F16 (0.63) Prevotella (0.59) Parabacteroides (0.53) |
Mycoplasma (−0.75) |
| Cecum | Unclassified Veillonellaceae (0.65) Unclassified Bacteroidales (0.59) |
Bifidobacterium (−0.64) Succinovibrio (−0.47) Dialister (−0.47) |
|
| Colon |
Prevotella (0.72) Unclassified Veillonellaceae (0.65) Unclassified Erysipelotrichaceae (0.51) Anaerostipes (0.51) Slackia (0.50) |
None | |
| Market | Ileum | Unclassified Enterobacteriaceae (0.51) Unclassified Bacillaceae (0.50) Megasphaera (0.48) |
Unclassified RF39 (−0.62) Unclassified Ruminococcaceae (−0.48) CF231 (−0.48) Unclassified S247 (−0.47) |
| Cecum | None | Unclassified RFP12 (−0.59) | |
| Colon | Unclassified F16 (0.47) | Bacteroides (−0.48) |
Spearman’s r value is listed for each association in parenthesis.