Table 1.

Significant differences in the relative abundance of gut microbiota among the three groups at the phylum level and the species level (relative abundance is <0.1% or unclassified species were not presented). # represents the results of DSS group versus DSS + EA group having P value of <0.05.

	Control	DSS	DSS + EA	P value
Phylum level
Bacteroidetes	18.76 ± 6.59%	0.56 ± 0.33%	1.32 ± 0.80%	0.008∗∗
Firmicutes	69.14 ± 7.28%	88.84 ± 3.83%	54.20 ± 13.31%#	0.018∗
TM7	0.26 ± 0.13%	0.01 ± 0.01%	0.04 ± 0.04%	0.039∗
Verrucomicrobia	2.62 ± 1.50%	20.65 ± 5.94%	42.60 ± 14.62%	0.006∗∗
Species level
Lactobacillus reuteri	28.40 ± 6.75%	0.27 ± 0.10%	3.80 ± 0.80%	0.004∗∗
Lactobacillus vaginalis	4.36 ± 1.05%	0.18 ± 0.13%	0.28 ± 0.18%	0.004∗∗
Clostridium ruminantium	0.00 ± 0.00%	0.80 ± 0.39%	0.34 ± 0.22%	0.04∗
Akkermansia muciniphila	2.60 ± 1.49%	18.27 ± 6.50%	22.18 ± 8.98%	0.039∗