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Table 2. Relative abundance of the top six OTUs of species at the phylum level in fecal samples at week 12 (n=4 per group).

Group	ND	HFD	HFHCD
Bacteroidetes (%)	56.4 ± 4.84	27.90 ± 6.41^a	6.10 ± 0.73^ab
Firmicutes (%)	36.29 ± 5.68	52.35 ± 2.55^a	25.99 ± 4.38^ab
Proteobacteria (%)	5.95 ± 1.70	14.59 ± 2.86^a	53.35 ± 4.17^ab
TM7 (%)	0.63 ± 0.15	0.21 ± 0.07^a	0^ab
Actinobacteria (%)	0. 35 ± 0.13	0.24 ± 0.14	0.06 ± 0.01^a
Deferribacteres (%)	0.14 ± 0.03	3.96 ± 1.32^a	0.56 ± 0.27^b
F/B	0.65 ± 0.16	1.98 ± 0.61^a	4.25 ± 0.25^ab

^aP<0.05 compared with the ND group. ^bP<0.05 compared with the HFD group. ND, normal diet; HFD, high-fat diet; HFHCD, high-fat and high-cholesterol diet; F/B, the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes.