Table 4.
Bacterial species correlated with the EAE scores*.
| Correlation coefficient (r) | Feces | Ileal contents | Ileal mucosa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial species | r | Bacterial species | r | Bacterial species | r | |
| r ≥ 0.5 | Erysipelatoclostridium clostridium innocuum | 0.56 | Turicibacter sp.** | 0.66 | Burkholderia spp.** | 0.75 |
| Ruminococcus bromii** | 0.55 | Bifidobacterium choerinum | 0.62 | Burkholderia sp. | 0.72 | |
| Porphyromonas sp. | 0.54 | Alistipes finegoldii** | 0.60 | Burkholderia ubonensis | 0.71 | |
| Blautia (Ruminococcus) gnavus** | 0.52 | Allobaculum stercoricanis | 0.56 | Azoarcus spp.** | 0.54 | |
| r ≥ –0.5 | Atopostipes sp. | –0.50 | Jeotgalicoccus halotolerans | –0.66 | Barnesiella spp. | –0.50 |
*Using pattern matching, we determined correlations between EAE scores and relative abundance of individual bacterial species. P < 0.01 (except Barnesiella spp., whose P value was < 0.05). Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (r) = 0.50 to 0.70 (–0.50 to –0.70); moderate positive (negative) correlation and r = 0.70 to 0.90 (–0.70 to –0.90); high positive (negative) correlation (Mukaka, 2012).
**Bacterial species whose relative abundance in the CMG-treated groups was significantly different compared with the Control group by ANOVA, P < 0.05.