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. 2021 Dec 13;16(5):1262–1274. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01152-0

Table 2.

PERMANOVA (Adonis) results based on Bray–Curtis dissimilarity. Samples n = 101. Permutations n = 999. Abbreviations: Df. Degrees of freedom, Sqs. Squares.

Df. Sums of Sqs. Mean Sqs. PseudoF R2 p value
16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing
Diet 2 5.88 2.94 12.61 0.13 0.001***
Gut morphology 2 4.49 2.24 9.62 0.10 0.001***
Mammalian order 2 5.53 2.77 11.86 0.12 0.001***
Host species 18 12.46 0.69 2.97 0.27 0.001***
Collection time 1 0.24 0.24 1.01 0.01 0.42
Residuals 75 17.49 0.23 0.38
Total 100 46.09 1
LC–MS/MS
Diet 2 7.04 3.52 30.01 0.22 0.001***
Gut morphology 2 3.57 1.78 15.21 0.11 0.001***
Mammalian order 2 4.61 2.30 19.64 0.14 0.001***
Host species 18 7.49 0.42 3.55 0.24 0.001***
Collection time 1 0.29 0.29 2.46 0.01 0.005**
Residuals 75 8.80 0.12 0.28
Total 100 31.78 1
GC–MS
Diet 2 1.00 0.50 15.11 0.16 0.001***
Gut morphology 2 0.25 0.12 3.78 0.04 0.001***
Mammalian order 2 0.97 0.49 14.75 0.15 0.001***
Host species 18 1.64 0.09 2.77 0.26 0.001***
Collection time 1 0.04 0.04 1.07 0.01 0.36
Residuals 75 2.47 0.03 0.39
Total 100 6.36 1