Fig. 5. Correlation between the gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) and lactate (LA).

(a) Heatmap and (b) co-occurrence network showing associations between MSP-modulated taxa and fecal SCFA’s and lactate. The heatmap was constructed according to Spearman’s correlation. The degree of correlation is represented by color hue: orange represents positive correlation; blue represents negative correlation. Significant values are denoted as *p < 0.05. CON, basal diet (n=18); MSP, basal diet with multispecies probiotics containing Bacillus amyloliquefaciens G10, Levilactobacillus brevis M10, Limosilactobacillus reuteri RTR (n=20).