Figure 1.

Bacterial phyla abundance. The figure shows circle charts of the relative abundance of relevant bacterial phyla in the three phenotypic categories. (A) Control; (B) obesity, and (C) obesity + metabolic syndrome. Phyla are identified by colors as indicated underneath the charts. Others includes phyla such as Verrucomicrobia, Spirochaetes, and Fusobacteria. Numbers are the relative abundance in percentage. Solid line and asterisk indicate a significant difference in the relative abundances for the phylum Firmicutes between the control and obesity + metabolic syndrome.