Table 8.
Gut microbiota composition based on genus
Phylum | Genus |
Probiotic-treated |
Placebo |
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Baseline, mean (%) ± SD
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Ingestion, mean (%) ± SD
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P
value
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Baseline, mean (%) ± SD
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Ingestion, mean (%) ± SD
|
P
value
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Firmicutes | Faecalibacterium | 11.43 ± 5.03 | 10.94 ± 4.21 | 0.614 | 15.30 ± 7.07 | 11.82 ± 5.50 | 0.01a |
Coprococcus | 7.53 ± 3.55 | 6.23 ± 1.85 | 0.037a | 7.34 ± 3.71 | 5.82 ± 2.67 | 0.116 | |
Other | 7.63 ± 5.05 | 8.22 ± 4.15 | 0.491 | 6.03 ± 4.13 | 8.40 ± 4.56 | 0.012a | |
Ruminococcus | 4.49 ± 4.06 | 3.69 ± 2.90 | 0.271 | 3.80 ± 3.84 | 3.70 ± 4.79 | 0.572 | |
Roseburia | 1.36 ± 1.31 | 1.54 ± 1.10 | 0.072b | 1.49 ± 1.55 | 2.04 ± 1.28 | 0.037a | |
Clostridium | 0.16 ± 0.22 | 0.16 ± 0.27 | 0.829 | 0.25 ± 0.53 | 0.35 ± 0.49 | 0.202 | |
Paenibacillus | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 0.00 ± 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.03 ± 0.06 | 0.00 ± 0.01 | 0.002a | |
Bacteroidetes | Prevotella | 14.56 ± 11.57 | 19.25 ± 13.03 | 0.066b | 14.15 ± 13.69 | 14.28 ± 14.13 | 0.75 |
Bacteroides | 3.78 ± 5.43 | 5.57 ± 8.21 | 0.019a | 5.59 ± 9.97 | 10.30 ± 13.83 | 0.04a | |
Actino-bacteria | Bifidobacterium | 3.38 ± 4.96 | 2.74 ± 4.01 | 0.6 | 3.07 ± 3.95 | 2.71 ± 2.91 | 0.957 |
Collinsella | 2.02 ± 1.40 | 1.52 ± 0.94 | 0.069b | 2.00 ± 1.80 | 1.51 ± 0.98 | 0.271 | |
Brevibacterium | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 0.00 ± 0.01 | 0.307 | 0.03 ± 0.07 | 0.01 ± 0.02 | 0.082b | |
Proteo-bacteria | Succinivibrio | 2.19 ± 4.51 | 1.44 ± 3.37 | 0.548 | 2.06 ± 5.29 | 2.51 ± 6.89 | 0.534 |
Phyllobacterium | 0.02 ± 0.04 | 0.02 ± 0.02 | 0.037a | 0.01 ± 0.03 | 0.01 ± 0.03 | 0.167 | |
Sphingomonas | 0.02 ± 0.03 | 0.02 ± 0.02 | 0.75 | 0.01 ± 0.03 | 0.01 ± 0.03 | 0.833 | |
Verrucomicrobia | Akkermansia | 0.13 ± 0.56 | 0.04 ± 0.18 | 0.028a | 0.35 ± 1.64 | 0.02 ± 0.07 | 0.024a |
Paired t-test with significance level of 5% (P < 0.05).
Significance level 10% (P < 0.1).