Fig. 3.

Distinct phylogenetic groups show marked changes as a function of time after feeding. a Box plot showing the relative abundance of the main bacterial phyla that showed marked changes as a function of time after feeding: Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Euryarchaeota. b Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidetes ratio. c Bacterial families showing significant changes during the feeding cycle: Prevotellaceae, Ruminococcaceae, Lachnospiraceae, and Coriobacteriaceae. d The two methanogenic archaea genera exhibiting significant changes as a function of time after feeding: Methanobrevibacter and Methanosphaera. F values represent the significance of the quadratic change over time