Table 2.

The selected main microbial pathways grouped into level-3 functional categories using Tax4Fun.

KEGG Pathways	HP+	HP-	P
Biosynthesis of siderophore group non-ribosomal peptides	0.00195 ± 0.00022	0.00183 ± 0.00020	0.010
Carbon fixation pathways in prokaryotes	0.00461 ± 0.00015	0.00469 ± 0.00013	0.024
Cofactor metabolism	0.00133 ± 0.00006	0.00129 ± 0.00011	0.017
Cysteine and methionine metabolism	0.00712 ± 0.00028	0.00723 ± 0.00026	0.040
Cytoskeleton proteins	0.00132 ± 0.00006	0.00135 ± 0.00004	0.043
General function prediction only	0.00902 ± 0.00048	0.0088 ± 0.00037	0.027
Nucleotide excision repair	0.00336 ± 0.00038	0.00348 ± 0.00040	0.042
Pentose and glucoronate interconversions	0.00318 ± 0.00034	0.00305 ± 0.00029	0.015
Polyketide biosynthesis proteins Prokaryotic defense system	0.00549 ± 0.00053 0.00497 ± 0.00061	0.00519 ± 0.00059 0.00522 ± 0.00085	0.014 0.039
Sulfur metabolism	0.00510 ± 0.00021	0.00498 ± 0.00027	0.012

Values within a column followed by different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05). Data are shown as the mean ± standard error.