Table 4.

Significantly enriched operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of the fecal microbiota of lean cats and obese cats before and after weight loss

Comparison	Significantly enriched OTUs
	LEAN	OBWL	OAWL
LEAN vs. OBWL	Tenericutes Anaeroplasma	Firmicutes Unclassified Clostridiales  (5 OTUs) Planococcaceae_incertae_sedis TM7 TM7_genus_incertae_Sedis Actinobacteria Arthrobacter Nocardioides Bacteroidetes Unclassified Prevotellaceae Verrucomicrobia Unclassified Verrucomicrobiaceae Proteobacteria Oligella Unclassified Proteobacteria
LEAN vs. OAWL			Proteobacteria Pseudomonas

OTUs operational taxonomic units, LEAN lean cats, OBWL obese cats before weight loss, OAWL obese cats after weight loss

The OTUs represented here are from the fecal microbiota of healthy lean cats (LEAN, n = 14) and obese cats (OBWL, n = 17) following a 4-week adaptation period with a veterinary therapeutic food intended for weight loss and adult maintenance, and obese cats after a 10-week weight loss period on the same food (OAWL, n = 16). The presented OTUs have a linear discriminant analysis score > 2, and are organized in a descending manner