Fig 2. Taxa were found to be differentially abundant depending on treatment and time point.

(A) Subjects in the probiotic group had a significantly lower abundance of the bacterial family Verrucomicrobiaceae at week 8 than placebo treated subjects; (B) Members of the bacterial genus Bacteroides were significantly reduced in abundance between weeks 0 to 4 in probiotic treated subjects; (C) Ruminococcus (family Lachnospiraceae) tended to be more abundant at week 8 than week 4 within the placebo group and at week 8 than week 0 within the probiotic group; * 0.05 < p < 0.1 and **p ≤ 0.05.