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. 2019 Oct 21;97(11):4519–4531. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz293

Table 6.

Relative abundance of bacterial phyla, families, and genera affected by dietary treatments of dogs fed diets containing selected fiber sources, prebiotics, and saccharin and eugenol

Phylum and Family Genus Treatment1 SEM2
CT FP FSE SE
Firmicutes
 Eubacteriaceae 0.2ab 0.1b 0.2ab 0.4a 0.11
 Peptostreptococcaceae 2.4ab 2.9a 2.9a 2.1b 0.27
 Veillonellaceae Megamonas 1.9ab 2.7a 2.7a 1.8b 0.31
Bacteroidetes
 Prevotellaceae Prevotella 1.7a 1.1b 1.4ab 1.6ab 0.24
 Porphyromonadaceae Parabacteroides 0.8ab 0.9a 0.5b 0.6ab 0.10

1CT = Control; FP = fiber and prebiotic blend; SE = saccharin and eugenol additive; FSE = fiber and prebiotic blend + saccharin and eugenol additive.

2Standard error of the mean.

a,bSuperscripts with different letters in a row represent statistical differences (P < 0.05).