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. 2019 Aug 20;10:1906. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01906

TABLE 3.

The body compositions in indicated gnotobiotic animals.

Germ Free E. rectale L. plantarum C. coccoides
Heart 0.13 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.02 0.11 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.03
Liver 1.15 ± 0.63 1.07 ± 0.06 1.01 ± 0.10 1.12 ± 0.04
Muscle 0.26 ± 0.03 0.26 ± 0.02 0.25 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.02
Spleen 0.07 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.03 0.06 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.01
Lung 0.16 ± 0.02 0.16 ± 0.02 0.15 ± 0.02 0.15 ± 0.02
Kidney 0.33 ± 0.03 0.33 ± 0.04 0.32 ± 0.03 0.32 ± 0.04
Cecum 3.73 ± 0.82b 3.76 ± 0.80b 2.57 ± 0.42a 2.07 ± 0.21a
EPF 0.32 ± 0.04b 0.31 ± 0.02b 0.25 ± 0.06a 0.28 ± 0.03ab

(Gram)

Values in the same row with different superscript letters (a,b) differ significantly, p < 0.05, by one-way ANOVA. EPF, epididymal fat pad.