Table1.

Bacterial target groups and characteristics of primers used for quantitative PCR (qPCR) in this study

Primer	Sequence	Reference
Universal 16S rRNA	Forward TCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGT Reverse GGACTACCAGGGTATCTAATCCTGTT	[14]
Bifidobacterium	Forward GGGTGGTAATGCCGGATG Reverse TAAGCGATGGACTTTCACACC	[14]
Bacteroides	Forward ATAGCCTTTCGAAAGRAAGAT Reverse CCAGTATCAACTGCAATTTTA	[14]
Lactobacillus	Forward AGCAGTAGGGAATCTTCCA Reverse CACCGCTACACATGGAG	[14]
Clostridium	Forward CGGTACCTGACTAAGAAGC Reverse AGTTTYATTCTTGCGAACG	[14]