Figure 2
From: Diabetes-associated microbiota in fa/fa rats is modified by Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Bacterial diversity along the length of intestine in unoperated and operated fa/fa rats. (a) Diversity box plots obtained from alpha rarefaction measured by observed species. Data are shown as box and whiskers plots, indicating the median (thick line in the box), the 25th–75th percentile range (boxes), and the 1st–99th percentile range (whiskers). *P<0.05 versus sham in ileum. Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) plot using unweighted UniFrac distances of gut microbial communities separated either by (b) intestinal segment; (c) surgery; or (d) as in c, but divided according to intestinal segment in fa/+ (n=4–5), fa/fa (n=4–5), sham-operated fa/fa (n=5), DJB-treated fa/fa (n=5) and RYGB-treated fa/fa (n=5–6) rats. The first three prinicipal coordinates from PCoA are plotted. Symbols represent data from individual rats.
