Table 5.

Relative abundance of the functional microbiome predicted by KEGG second-level pathways between chicks from the control and FMT groups estimated using the statistical analysis of metagenomic profiles.

Categories of KEGG second-level pathways 1	Control	FMT	SEM	P-Value
Cellular Processes
Cell growth and death	0.0060	0.0080	0.0000	0.0001**
Cell motility	0.0120	0.0180	0.0020	0.0720
Transport and catabolism	0.0010	0.0020	0.0000	0.0001**
Unclassified; Cellular Processes and	0.0340	0.0570	0.0040	0.0590*
Environmental Information Processing
Membrane transport	0.1280	0.1370	0.0030	0.004**
Signaling molecules and interaction	0.0020	0.0010	0.0001	0.006**
Signal transduction	0.0130	0.0150	0.0000	0.008**
Genetic Information Processing
Folding, sorting and degradation	0.0230	0.0230	0.0002	0.935
DNA replication and repair	0.0890	0.1000	0.0020	0.003**
Transcription	0.0090	0.0270	0.0005	0.007**
Translation	0.0570	0.0670	0.0010	0.002**
Unclassified; Genetic Information	0.0260	0.0250	0.0003	0.035*
Immune Information Processing
Immune system diseases	0.0010	0.0010	0.0000	0.616
Infectious diseases	0.0040	0.0030	0.0000	0.041*
Metabolic diseases	0.0010	0.0010	0.0000	0.205
Neurodegenerative diseases	0.0010	0.0010	0.0000	0.884
Metabolism Processing
Amino acid metabolism	0.0770	0.0930	0.0030	0.001**
Biosynthesis secondary metabolites	0.0020	0.0080	0.0002	0.001**
Carbohydrate metabolism	0.1110	0.4510	0.0010	0.004**
Energy metabolism	0.0530	0.0910	0.0072	0.032*
Enzyme families	0.0170	0.0420	0.0006	0.025*
Glycan biosynthesis and metabolism	0.0220	0.0860	0.0003	0.090
Lipid metabolism	0.0290	0.0310	0.0008	0.099
Cofactors and vitamins	0.0340	0.0570	0.0010	0.003**
Other amino acids	0.0150	0.0210	0.0003	0.074
Terpenoids and polyketides	0.0080	0.0070	0.0004	0.286
Nucleotide metabolism	0.0470	0.0420	0.0010	0.046*
Xenobiotics biodegradation	0.0230	0.0240	0.0010	0.648
Unclassified; Metabolism Processing	0.0230	0.0870	0.0080	0.009*
Organismal Systems
Circulatory system	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.717
Digestive system	0.0010	0.0050	0.0000	0.025
Endocrine system	0.0010	0.0060	0.0000	0.001
Excretory system	0.0003	0.0002	0.0000	0.079
Immune system	0.0005	0.0002	0.0000	0.048
Nervous system	0.0010	0.0010	0.0000	0.968
Unclassified; Poorly Characterized	0.0500	0.0480	0.0020	0.003

¹ All data are expressed as the mean ± SEM of the relative abundance for predicting of functional microbiome; Values between groups are significantly different (*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001). (n=11/group).