Table 2 Differentially abundant taxa between the generations of IVC-housed mice.

From: Microbiota composition of simultaneously colonized mice housed under either a gnotobiotic isolator or individually ventilated cage regime

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

p-value

F1 abund.

F2 abund

IVCs 4 weeks

Bacteroidetes

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidales

Rikenellaceae

Alistipes

<0.01

13.04%

4.99%

RC9 gut group

<0.001

6.88%

0.87%

Firmicutes

Bacilli

Bacillales

Staphylococcaceae

Staphylococcus

<0.01

0.00%

0.37%

 

Lactobacillales

Lactobacillaceae

Lactobacillus

<0.001

29.95%

59.94%

Clostridia

Clostridiales

Clostridiaceae

SFB

<0.001

4.78%

0.56%

IVCs 11 weeks

Bacteroidetes

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidales

Rikenellaceae

Alistipes

0.019

11.07%

17.23%

Firmicutes

Clostridia

Clostridiales

Clostridiaceae

SFB

<0.001

0.25%

1.21%

Proteobacteria

Deltaproteobac.

Desulfovibrionales

Desulfovibrionaceae

Desulfovibrio

0.015

0.45%

1.00%

  1. Taxa of fecal samples from IVC mice aged 4 and 11 weeks had different abundances in F1 and F2 generations. Abundance is given as mean abundance of the group in percent (Kruskal-Wallis with 1000 permutations and Bonferroni correction test). Abund. = Abundance.
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