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Lower bacterial alpha diversity at the phylum level in liver samples from obese individuals.
Median ± IQR (whiskers plot) and individual values (dot plot) of bacterial alpha diversity (Shannon index) at the level of (A) phylum, (B) class, (C) order, (D) family, (E) genus, and (F) OTU assessed by 16S metagenomics sequencing in the livers of lean (open symbols) and obese individuals (filled symbols). ∗p <0.05 (Mann–Whitney U test). OTU, operational taxonomic unit.
