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Figure 5

Acupuncture-associated alterations in the fecal microbiota. (a) Comparison of the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia phyla within groups. (b) The ratio of Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes at the phylum level. All data are expressed as the ( per group). Post hoc ANOVA was used to test for statistical significance. , , and versus the control group; , , and versus the DIO-KOA group. (c) The heat map of the top 50 abundant genera. Double hierarchical dendrogram shows the bacterial distribution.

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