Table 5.

Bacterial composition of cecal contents in mice fed a normal or MSx-supplemented diet

Bacteria		OTU area (%)
Phylum	Lower group	Control	MSx
Bacteroidetes	Bacteroidales	16.13 ± 1.58	19.00 ± 1.30
Firmicutes	Lactobacillus	11.80 ± 1.28	10.09 ± 1.28
	Clostridiales	47.89 ± 1.83	47.17 ± 3.21
	Erysipelotrichaceae	7.14 ± 1.91	6.76 ± 3.12
	Subtotal	66.84 ± 1.18	64.02 ± 1.01
Other	Coriobacteriales	1.83 ± 0.07	1.75 ± 0.11
	Mucispirillum	0.37 ± 0.08	0.31 ± 0.12
	Parasutterella	2.83 ± 0.29	2.45 ± 0.26
	Others	12.02 ± 0.53	12.48 ± 0.60
	Subtotal	17.04 ± 0.78	16.98 ± 0.74

Values represent the means±SEMs of 8 mice. OTU operational taxonomic unit