Table 1.
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.