TABLE 4.
Mean Ct abundances and standard deviation of bacterial markers F. prausnitzii (Fpra), A. muciniphila (AKK), Roseburia spp. (ROS), and S. variabile (B46), and F. prausnitzii phylogroup I (PHGI) and phylogroup II (PHGII), for control subjects (CS, N = 6), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS, N = 3), ulcerative colitis (UC, N = 3), and Crohn’s disease (CD, N = 3) samples.
| Inoculum | Substrate | Fpra | AKK | ROS | B46 | PHG I | PHG II |
| CS | Negative control | 14.651.21a | 21.737.09a | 18.591.94a | 19.011.31a | 16.781.50a | 17.331.56a |
| Previpect | 13.420.59b | 21.257.54a | 15.212.44b | 18.310.43a | 15.671.46b | 16.421.05a | |
| Red Previpect | 14.551.36a | 21.166.97a | 18.612.09a | 18.931.43a | 16.541.48a | 17.331.71a | |
| Inulin | 14.021.24a | 19.707.21a | 18.593.21a | 18.631.40a | 15.961.51a | 16.871.51a | |
| Grape pectin | 14.181.36a | 20.277.73a | 18.823.16a | 18.861.64a | 16.892.36a | 17.252.17a | |
| GSPE | 14.171.21a | 21.346.90a | 16.321.01b | 18.610.98a | 16.992.33a | 16.661.14a | |
| IBS | Negative control | 16.441.28abc | 14.210.49abc | 18.931.33a | 20.420.76abc | 18.190.87ab | 19.751.58ab |
| Previpect | 15.611.19b | 14.440.39b | 17.731.49b | 20.060.48b | 17.720.82a | 18.971.64a | |
| Red Previpect | 16.630.83c | 14.090.39a | 19.460.99a | 20.680.68c | 18.480.53a | 19.871.39a | |
| Inulin | 15.931.27a | 14.240.50a | 19.530.45a | 20.280.57a | 18.021.02bc | 19.301.76bc | |
| Grape pectin | 15.361.23a | 14.260.67a | 19.491.09a | 19.920.66a | 17.310.92c | 18.641.63c | |
| GSPE | 15.621.42a | 13.800.40c | 17.541.72b | 19.721.10a | 17.511.16a | 18.981.92a | |
| UC | Negative control | 17.160.90a | 21.830.82a | 20.2810.03a | 21.421.86a | 20.011.07a | 20.400.58a |
| Previpect | 15.402.11a | 24.879.53a | 17.391.76b | 21.814.56a | 18.081.88a | 21.016.57a | |
| Red Previpect | 16.810.97a | 23.7510.43a | 19.331.70ab | 21.151.30a | 19.590.82a | 20.191.86a | |
| Inulin | 16.401.54a | 23.8610.40a | 20.321.96a | 20.571.89a | 18.611.66ac | 19.632.31a | |
| Grape pectin | 16.041.48a | 24.929.84a | 19.761.94a | 20.441.85a | 17.891.58bc | 18.942.29a | |
| GSPE | 16.471.32a | 23.7110.54a | 19.683.07ab | 20.781.21a | 19.100.96ac | 19.631.89a | |
| CD | Negative control | 15.703.21a | 14.442.35ab | 17.251.94ab | 20.223.08abc | 19.383.13a | 20.317.36a |
| Previpect | 14.342.69a | 16.413.34a | 16.051.43a | 18.862.17a | 18.143.58a | 19.076.59a | |
| Red Previpect | 14.611.45a | 14.102.12b | 18.071.30b | 19.011.12b | 17.652.44a | 19.145.21a | |
| Inulin | 14.811.06a | 14.322.62ab | 19.211.81bc | 19.210.88b | 18.743.92a | 19.264.14a | |
| Grape pectin | 15.901.27a | 14.682.77ab | 20.131.22c | 20.451.04c | 19.732.56a | 20.704.83a | |
| GSPE | 16.083.83a | 15.304.27ab | 17.452.23b | 20.373.21a | 19.413.29a | 20.928.37a |
Statistical comparisons between groups are indicated by superscript letters: different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between groups.