Research Article

A Preliminary Study of Biliary Microbiota in Patients with Bile Duct Stones or Distal Cholangiocarcinoma

Table 3

Relative abundance at the phylum level in patients with dCCA and the onset of common bile duct stones.

Phylummean (group_T)sd (group_T)mean (group_C)sd (group_C) value

Chloroflexi0.0012550.0017560.0000360.0001420.000650
Gemmatimonadetes0.0002950.000547000.000930
Nitrospirae0.0007040.001973000.000930
Unclassified_Bacteria0.1180560.0954750.0296190.0740290.002429
Latescibacteria0.0006000.001697000.021911
Planctomycetes0.0005450.0010690.0000020.0000090.039550

The dCCA group (Tumor group, T), the new onset of CBD stones group (CBD stones group, C), and recurrent CBD stones group (Post-ERCP CBD stones group, P) denoted as “Group T”, “Group C”, and “Group P”, respectively, in the table.