Figure 2.
Comparison of the bacterial communities of the fecal contents by advanced analysis. (a) Principal component analysis plots of the fecal contents of basal diet as the control (C), basal diet plus 1 g/kg of B. licheniformis-fermented products (L), basal diet plus 4.5 g/kg of B. licheniformis-fermented products (H), and basal diet, 30 mg/kg antibiotics (bacitracin methylene disalicylate) (A) (n = 3). Principal coordinate analysis of (b) weighted UniFrac and (c) unweighted UniFrac distance of the fecal bacterial communities from C, L, H, and A (n = 3). The beta diversity index of the fecal contents from C, L, H, and A based on (d) weighted and (e) unweighted UniFrac metrics (n = 3).