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. 2020 Oct 12;96(11):fiaa212. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa212

Table 5.

Most abundant taxa in fresh feces from puppies as affected (P < 0.05) by the interaction between selenium source (inorganic, SeInorg; organic, SeOrg) and age (20–52 weeks).

SeInorg SeOrg
Taxa 20 28 36 44 52 20 28 36 44 52 sd P-value
p_Actinobacteria 6.15a 5.81b,c 5.33b,c 5.75a,b 3.78d 5.58a,b,c 5.30a,b 5.22b,c 5.33b,c 4.95c 0.244 0.002
c_Coriobacteriia 6.02a 5.22b,c 4.74c,d 5.57a,b 2.90f 5.18b,c 4.45d,e 4.58c,d,e 4.58c,d,e 4.03e 0.233 <0.001
f_Eggerthellaceae 2.51a 2.97a 2.44a 2.49a 0.03a 2.15a 2.26a 2.05a 2.48a 2.01b 0.402 0.027
f_Lachnospiraceae 6.22a 6.57a 6.37a 6.61a 5.17c 6.50a 6.22a 6.13a,b 6.23a 5.69b 0.179 0.049
g_Allisonella 2.50a,b 1.90a,b,c 1.24b,c 2.73a 1.51a,b,c −1.17d 2.19a,b,c 1.68a,b,c 2.21a 0.93c 0.551 0.021
g_Collinsella 5.96a 4.22b,c 4.44b,c 5.37a 2.33d 5.10a,b 3.75dc 4.27b,c 3.95c 2.98d,e 0.294 0.013
g_Dubosiella 2.54a,b,c 3.13a,b 3.11a,b 1.08a,b,c −0.23d 1.85bc 3.39a 3.35a 2.17dc 2.67a,b,c 0.547 0.032
g_[Ruminococcus] gnavus group 2.58d,e 3.92a 3.57a,b 3.57a,b 2.01c 3.52a,b 3.37b 3.11b 2.87b 2.06b 0.217 0.001
g_[Ruminococcus] torques group 2.69ef 4.04a,b 3.94a,b,c 4.36a 3.02d,ef 2.28f 3.22c,d,e 3.23c,d,e 3.51b,c,d 3.49b,c,d 0.266 0.046

sd: standard deviation.

Letters before bacterial groups designate taxa: p_: phylum; c_: class; o_: order; f_: family; g_: genus.

a–f

Values in the same row that share a common superscript are not statistically different (P > 0.05).