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. 2021 Oct 18;26(12):7167–7187. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01291-y

Fig. 2. Exercise stabilized gut microbiota of mice with surgery.

Fig. 2

Nine-week old male mice with or without exercise for 4 weeks were subjected to left carotid artery exposure (surgery) under isoflurane anesthesia. In another experiment, 9-week old mice were treated with antibiotics to eliminate their native gut microbiota and then transplanted with feces from exercise mice (ET) or control mice (CT). Presentation of α diversity is in (panels A, C, E and G). Presentation of β diversity is in (panels B, D, F and H). n = 16 for (panels A and B, and = 8 for other panels). C-S: control mouse samples harvested before surgery, E-ES: exercise mouse samples harvested before surgery, S: surgery mouse samples harvested just before surgery, SP3: surgery mouse samples harvested on post-surgery day 3, SP7: surgery mouse samples harvested on post-surgery day 7, ES: exercise mouse samples harvested just before surgery, ESP3: exercise mouse samples harvested on post-surgery day 3, ESP7: exercise mouse samples harvested on post-surgery day 7, CT: samples harvested from mice transplanted with feces from control mice, ET: samples harvested from mice transplanted with feces from exercise mice.