FIGURE 3.

The alteration in the microbial taxonomic composition of the Western diet‐mice caecal samples. (A) The alpha diversity based on species richness. (B) The beta diversity by principal coordinate analysis (Bray‐Curtis distance), and (C) Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes (F/B) ratio as compared among four different groups (NC, WD, LL, and PP). (D) Relative abundances of caecal microbiome at genus level in different experimental groups. (E) Heatmap analysis for significantly different species. (F) Comparative analysis of the estimated functional profiles based on KEGG orthology in different experimental group. KEGG, Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes LL, Lactobacillus lactis; NC, normal control; PP, Pediococcus pentosaceus; WD, Western diet