Fig. 6.

PLT modulated the composition of the HFD-disrupted gut microbiota. a Principle coordinate analysis (PCoA) of gut microbiota based on OTU abundance, b multivariate analysis of variance from the PCoA matrix score, c bacterial richness (Chao1 Richness Index), d bacterial evenness (deduced from the Simpson Index), e the relative abundances of Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes, f bacterial taxonomic profiling at the phylum level of gut microbiota. Diversity indexes are expressed as the mean from subsampled datasets ± SEM. Data with different superscript letters are significantly different at p < 0.05 according to the one-way analysis of variance statistical analysis