Figure 4.

The composition ratios of bifidobacteria and lactobacilli varied between the groups. The same color is used for the same group of samples; blue represents healthy controls; yellow represents neonatal jaundice. (a) Bacterial compositions differed in the stool samples of both groups; the vertical coordinate represents the bacterial composition ratio; larger values indicated higher proportions in the group where the organism was located. (b) Numbers of species detected in the stools of the neonatal jaundice group and the healthy controls; the bifidobacterial distribution was higher in the neonatal jaundice group; the Lactobacillus distribution was significantly lower. Bifidobacterium was the dominant microorganism in the feces of jaundiced neonates, and the Lactobacillus content was significantly lower than that in the control group. * p value < 0.5, ** p value < 0.01.