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. 2018 Sep 20;8:14103. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32484-1

Table 1.

Average percentages of bacteria phyla in the sacculus rotundus and vermiform appendix on different diets and comparison analysis results.

Phyla Mean values, %, on indicated conditions (SEMa) p-values
Treatmentsb SR.A vs. SR.B VA.A vs. VA.B
SR.A SR.B VA.A VA.B
Firmicutes 87.11 (5.28) 82.51 (3.60) 87.01 (3.65) 80.93 (3.38) 0.5123 0.2800
TM7 3.39 (1.76) 5.96 (1.62) 3.85 (1.70) 11.06 (2.90) 0.3318 0.0895
Bacteroidetes 2.10 (0.18) 0.80 (0.28) 1.63 (0.18) 1.76 (0.43) 0.0080c 0.7892
Cyanobacteria 1.25 (1.09) 4.35 (1.97) 1.35 (0.51) 0.52 (0.08) 0.2206 0.1122
Tenericutes 1.42 (1.07) 1.02 (0.38) 1.18 (0.78) 0.98 (0.16) 0.7534 0.8219
Actinobacteria 0.81 (0.34) 1.29 (0.20) 0.78 (0.17) 1.20 (0.13) 0.3003 0.1168
Proteobacteria 0.83 (0.63) 0.44 (0.15) 0.40 (0.07) 0.32 (0.09) 0.6051 0.5217
Unassigned 3.10 (0.75) 3.63 (0.58) 3.79 (0.79) 3.21 (0.40) 0.5997 0.5560

aSEM = Standard error of the mean. bTreatments: SR.A = Sacculus Rotundus Diet A; SR.B = Sacculus Rotundus Diet B; VA.A = Vermiform Appendix Diet A; VA.B = Vermiform Appendix Diet B. cp < 0.05 was considered significant.