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. 2001 Oct;67(10):4939–4942. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4939-4942.2001

TABLE 2.

Counts of total anaerobes, facultative anaerobes, bifidobacteria, and Bacteroides in the cecal and fecal microbiota of eight healthy humans

Organism Counts (log 10 CFU/ml − means, ± SE) in:
P value
Cecum Feces
Total anaerobes 8.0 ± 0.22 10.4 ± 0.12 0.02
Facultative anaerobes 7.4 ± 0.23 7.8 ± 0.29 0.38
Bifidobacteria 6.7 ± 0.45 8.9 ± 0.22 0.02
Bacteroides 7.4 ± 0.33 8.9 ± 0.42 0.05