Table 1 Summary of 16S rRNA gene sequencing data and α-diversity values (Chao1 estimator, Shannon index, and Simpson index).

From: Prebiotic effects of yeast mannan, which selectively promotes Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Bacteroides ovatus in a human colonic microbiota model

 

Faeces

KUHIMM

CUL

YM

Read counts

187,964 ± 19,718

183,017 ± 9224

179,934 ± 12,929

Observed OTUs

105.4 ± 16.1

78.6 ± 9.8*

76.1 ± 7.6*

Chao1

110.9 ± 18.4

85.0 ± 11.4*

81.6 ± 11.2*

Shannon index

4.24 ± 0.34

3.70 ± 0.19*

3.88 ± 0.23

Simpson index

0.90 ± 0.03

0.87 ± 0.04

0.89 ± 0.02

  1. Eight human faecal samples, the corresponding culture without yeast mannan (CUL), and the corresponding culture with the 0.4% yeast mannan preparation (YM) were sampled 30 h after the initiation of fermentation. Values are the mean ± standard deviation. Asterisks (*) represent significant differences (*p < 0.05) (n = 8) between microbiota in the original faeces and the microbiota in corresponding cultures without or with yeast mannan using the Kruskal–Wallis test.
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