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. 2020 Sep 28;10:15859. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72816-8

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Beta diversity of the fecal bacterial community in pigs fed with very low protein diets supplemented with branched-chain amino acids. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) of fecal microbiota for (A) CON vs. LP + BCAA, (B) LP vs. LP + BCAA, (C) CON vs. LP, (D) CON vs. LP vs. LP + BCAA. Pigs are grouped based on their dietary treatments, i.e. CON, control diet; LP, low protein diet; LP + BCAA, low protein diet supplemented with branched-chain amino acids. Each node represents an individual pig. Differences were considered significant at P < 0.05. The Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA) P values for CON vs. LP + BCAA, LP vs. LP + BCAA, CON vs. LP and CON vs. LP vs. LP + BCAA were < 0.004, < 0.197, 0.178 and < 0.016 respectively. n = 8.