Table 2.

Families that displayed significantly (LEfSe) higher relative 16S rRNA gene abundances in Sham-Vehicle rats compared to OVX-Vehicle, OVX-E2-Low, or OVX-E2-High rats ^a .

	OVX-Vehicle	OVX-E2-Low	OVX-E2-High
Fecal
Proximal	Bifidobacteriaceae Peptostreptococcaceae Turicibacteraceae	-	-
Distal	Bifidobacteriaceae Peptostreptococcaceae Turicibacteraceae Clostridiaceae	Bifidobacteriaceae Erysipelotrichaceae	Bifidobacteriaceae Erysipelotrichaceae
Mucosal
Proximal	Turicibacteraceae	–	–
Distal	Turicibacteraceae	–	Bifidobacteriaceae

^aGroup abbreviation (e.g., Sham-Vehicle) are described in Table 1 .