Table 1.

Relative abundance and the percentage difference of the inulin group (n = 10) and the control group (n = 8) for each genera at 11 weeks of intervention. Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).

Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus	Control	Inulin	Inulin/Control
					Abundance (%)	Abundance (%)	% difference
					Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM
Bacteroidetes
	Bacteroidia
		Bacteroidales
			Bacteroidaceae
				Bacteroides	15.53 ± 1.87	6.33 ± 1.00	−59%*
			Porphyromonadaceae
				Parabacteroides	8.88 ± 1.60	3.52 ± 0.71	−60%*
			Paraprevotellaceae
				Prevotella	17.2 ± 6.29	2.1 ± 2.03	−88%
			Rikenellaceae
				Unidentified	3.28 ± 0.90	0.06 ± 0.02	−98%
			S24-7
				Unidentified	5.54 ± 0.90	44.88 ± 2.76	710%
			Unidentified
				Unidentified	3.21 ± 0.68	0.03 ± 0.02	−99%
Deferribacteres
	Deferribacteres
		Deferribacterales
			Deferribacteraceae
				Mucispirillum	1.83 ± 0.75	0 ± 0	−100%
Firmicutes
	Bacilli
		Lactobacillales
			Lactobacillaceae
				Lactobacillus	5.69 ± 2.06	3.27 ± 0.76	−43%
	Clostridia
		Clostridiales
			Clostridiaceae
				Clostridium	1.52 ± 0.70	0 ± 0	−100%*
			Lachnospiraceae
				Coprococcus	0.38 ± 0.12	1.91 ± 0.45	403%*$
				Ruminococcus	1.08 ± 0.36	1.64 ± 0.44	52%$
			Ruminococcaceae
				Oscillospira	2.08 ± 0.60	0.96 ± 0.21	−54%
				Unidentified	1.48 ± 0.85	0.48 ± 0.11	−68%
			Unidentified
				Unidentified	14.65 ± 3.37	12.85 ± 2.46	−12%
	Erysipelotrichi
		Erysipelotrichales
			Erysipelotrichaceae
				Allobaculum	1.88 ± 0.55	17.50 ± 2.30	831%*$
				Coprobacillus	1.17 ± 0.44	0 ± 0	−100%*$
				Unidentified	5.86 ± 1.93	0 ± 0	−100%
Proteobacteria
	Betaproteobacteria
		Burkholderiales
			Alcaligenaceae
				Sutterella	2.34 ± 0.80	2.63 ± 0.55	12%$
	Deltaproteobacteria
		Desulfovibrionale
			Desulfovibrionaceae
				Unidentified	4.78 ± 1.54	1.52 ± 0.71	−68%
	Gammaproteobacteri
		Enterobacteriales
			Enterobacteriaceae
				Unidentified	1.61 ± 0.75	0.32 ± 0.17	−80%

*P < 0.05 according to LEfSe analysis; ^$P < 0.05 according to ANCOM analysis.