Table 3.
Fecal microbiota: statistically significant differences of relative abundance at family level
Phylum | Family | Means ± SE and adj. P value |
|
---|---|---|---|
HFD-T63 vs. HFD | HFD-T63 vs. ND | ||
Bacteroidetes | Bacteroidaceae | NS | 0.97 ± 0.42% vs. 6.06 ± 0.59% |
adj. P < 0.0001 | |||
Porphyromonadaceae | 15.21 ± 1.62% vs. 6.40 ± 1.48% | 15.21 ± 1.62% vs. 34.89 ± 2.29% | |
adj. P = 0.0056 | adj. P < 0.0001 | ||
Prevotellaceae | NS | 0.83 ± 0.71% vs. 5.72 ± 1.01% | |
adj. P = 0.0031 | |||
Firmicutes | Lachnospiraceae | 16.50 ± 1.99% vs. 25.40 ± 1.82% | NS |
adj. P = 0.0167 | |||
Ruminococcaceae | NS | 16.28 ± 1.57% vs. 5.02 ± 2.22% | |
adj. P = 0.0027 | |||
Streptococcaceae | NS | 0.92 ± 0.16% vs. 0.04 ± 0.23% | |
adj. P = 0.0210 | |||
Proteobacteria | Sutterellaceae | 1.55 ± 0.17% vs. 0.33 ± 0.16% | NS |
adj. P = 0.0004 |
Expressed as % of relative abundance and adjusted P values. Values as means ± SE. N = 6–11 animals for all measurements. HFD, high-fat diet; NS, not significantly different.