Table 1 Cecal microbiota composition (percentages) at the phylum level where statistically significant differences were observed in the chemically induced CRC animal model.
Phylum | Feed | Control meat | Functional meat | F-CM | F-FM | CM-FM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Actinobacteria | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.05 | |||
Bacteroidetes | 15.97 | 29.58 | 52.75 | * | **** | **** |
Deferribacteres | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |||
Firmicutes | 83.47 | 67.10 | 42.49 | ** | **** | **** |
Proteobacteria | 0.29 | 2.94 | 4.69 | * | *** | |
Synergistetes | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.00 | ** | **** | |
Tenericutes | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.00 |