Table 1 Cecal microbiota composition (percentages) at the phylum level where statistically significant differences were observed in the chemically induced CRC animal model.

From: Traditional Processed Meat Products Re-designed Towards Inulin-rich Functional Foods Reduce Polyps in Two Colorectal Cancer Animal Models

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

   
  1. F: feed cohort, CM: control meat cohort, FM: functional meat cohort. * indicate statistically significant differences between each pair of compared cohorts.