. 2021 Jun 7;12:666940. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.666940

TABLE 2.

Predicted functional composition (%) of microbiota relating to metabolism.

Metabolic pathway	Shangri-La (n = 6)	Lhasa (n = 6)	Yushu (n = 6)
Amino acid metabolism	10.41 ± 0.05^c	10.58 ± 0.16^b	10.75 ± 0.07^a
Biosynthesis of other secondary metabolites	1.94 ± 0.05^b	2.02 ± 0.05^a	1.97 ± 0.06^ab
Carbohydrate metabolism	14.27 ± 0.21^a	14.15 ± 0.10^ab	13.99 ± 0.13^b
Energy metabolism	6.40 ± 0.07^b	6.54 ± 0.13^a	6.39 ± 0.07^b
Global and overview maps	12.84 ± 0.14^b	12.79 ± 0.41^b	13.20 ± 0.09^a
Glycan biosynthesis and metabolism	2.37 ± 0.21^a	2.63 ± 0.34^a	2.37 ± 0.19^a
Lipid metabolism	2.86 ± 0.02^a	2.92 ± 0.07^a	2.86 ± 0.06^a
Metabolism of cofactors and vitamins	6.17 ± 0.07^a	6.20 ± 0.09^a	6.15 ± 0.10^a
Metabolism of other amino acids	1.79 ± 0.03^ab	1.85 ± 0.11^a	1.76 ± 0.03^b
Metabolism of terpenoids and polyketides	1.47 ± 0.01^b	1.55 ± 0.09^a	1.50 ± 0.02^ab
Nucleotide metabolism	5.89 ± 0.05^ab	6.06 ± 0.25^a	5.85 ± 0.02^b
Xenobiotics biodegradation and metabolism	1.06 ± 0.01^a	1.03 ± 0.07^a	1.01 ± 0.02^a

Letters^(a,b,c) indicate significant differences within the same row (p < 0.05).