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. 2019 Oct 15;10:2320. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02320

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Copyright © 2019 Meriggi, Di Paola, Vitali, Rivero, Cappa, Turillazzi, Gori, Dapporto, Beani, Turillazzi and Cavalieri.

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Alpha and beta diversity of gut microbial communities. (A–D) Alpha diversity measures: (A) richness, (B) Shannon diversity index, (C) Simpson index, and (D) evenness of control and treated (YH1 and YP4) groups. Statistically significant comparisons by t test (^∗p < 0.05, ^∗∗p < 0.01, and ns = not statistically significant). (E) Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) ordination based on the Bray–Curtis distance. (F) Heatmap reported the frequency of operational taxonomic unit (OTU) abundance within treatment and control groups.