Figure 2: Diet structures the intestinal microbiome of Macaca fuscata. | Nature Communications

Figure 2: Diet structures the intestinal microbiome of Macaca fuscata.

From: High-fat maternal diet during pregnancy persistently alters the offspring microbiome in a primate model

Figure 2

Intestinal samples were collected from M. fuscata maintained on an isocaloric diet consisting of either 13% fat (control diet) or 36% fat (high fat diet). DNA was isolated from intestinal contents and 16S rDNA pyrosequencing (454 FLXtitanium) was performed. Sequences were analysed using QIIME software. (a) PCoA plot demonstrating differential clustering of control diet (CTD, green), high-fat diet lean (HFDR, dark blue) or high-fat diet obese (HFDS, light blue) individuals. Individuals cluster significantly based on diet (P=0.001 by PERMANOVA). The number of animals in each category (n) is indicated in the parenthesis on the legend. (b) Graph demonstrating phylum abundance differences between control diet (CTD), high-fat diet lean (HFDR) and high-fat diet obese (HFDS) individuals. Legend to the right of the graph indicates the colour for each phyla of bacterium represented.

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