Figure 6.
Microbiota analyses of faecal samples. Summary of taxonomic identification by a three dimensional PCoA plot of LFD, HFD, ORL and L. sakei CJLS03 treatment groups using unweighted unifrac (a), showing percentage variation (beta diversity) for each of PC1, PC2, PC3 (b), taxonomic summary of the phylum level (c), the family level (d), and some of the major groups/genera within the Firmicutes (the Clostridium clusters IV and XIVa and Lactobacillus) and the genus Bifdobacterium (Actinobacteria) as measured by qPCR (e). ANOVA, Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test was used to distinguish the level of significance based on probability of 0.05 (*), 0.01 (**) and <0.001 (***) compared to the HFD group. Feeding groups: LFD: low-fat diet plus PBS; HFD: high-fat diet and PBS; ORL: high-fat diet plus orlistat; CJLS03 high-fat diet plus L. sakei CJLS03.