Table 3.
Relative abundance of microbial phylum (percentage) in the colonic mucosa-associated microbiota of pigs in the FF and control groups.
| Phylum | Ctrl | FF | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firmicutes | 47.98 ± 5.46 | 50.54 ± 3.83 | 0.709 |
| Proteobacteria | 1.43 ± 0.13 | 0.87 ± 0.06 | 0.007 |
| Bacteroidetes | 44.10 ± 5.53 | 42.25 ± 17.25 | 0.789 |
| Spirochaetes | 1.84 ± 0.37 | 3.26 ± 0.75 | 0.132 |
| Unclassified phylum | 0.47 ± 0.04 | 0.72 ± 0.39 | 0.354 |
| Tenericutes | 3.47 ± 0.55 | 1.66 ± 0.29 | 0.022 |
| Actinobacteria | 0.19 ± 0.03 | 0.34 ± 0.10 | 0.222 |
| Planctomycetes | 0.04 ± 0.03 | 0.18 ± 0.11 | 0.286 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 0.27 ± 0.08 | 0.06 ± 0.04 | 0.043 |
| Cyanobacteria | 0.21 ± 0.09 | 0.11 ± 0.07 | 0.349 |
| Euryarchaeota | 0.14 ± 0.07 | 0.12 ± 0.05 | 0.841 |
Ctrl, pigs fed with normal commercial feed; FF, pigs fed with fermented meal. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 6).