Table 2 Top ten correlations between microbial abundance of offspring cecal microbiota at weaning and maternal fecal microbiota during the perinatal and weaning period.

From: Diet-induced changes in maternal gut microbiota and metabolomic profiles influence programming of offspring obesity risk in rats

Microbial Group

Maternal Fecal Sample

R*

C. leptum

Gestation day 21

0.694

Bifidobacterium spp.

Lactation day 19

0.628

Bacteroidetes/Prevotella spp.

Gestation day 21

0.498

Roseburia spp.

Gestation day 21

0.441

Methanobrevibacter spp.

Gestation day 21

−0.431†

Bifidobacterium spp.

Gestation day 21

0.408

C. coccoides (cluster XIV)

Lactation day 19

0.381

Total Bacteria

Gestation day 21

0.364†

C. coccoides (cluster XIV)

Lactation day 1

0.355

Total Bacteria

Lactation day 19

0.343

  1. *All correlations P < 0.01.
  2. † = Pearson’s correlation value.
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