Research Article

Age-Based Variations in the Gut Microbiome of the Shennongjia (Hubei) Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana hubeiensis)

Table 2

Microbial genera showing a significant difference among three aged groups of Shennongjia golden snub-nosed monkeys identified by both -test in R package and the nonparametric -test in Metastats.

Group pairsGenus value/statistical analysis

Group 1 vs. Group 2Mucispirillum0.0389/-test; 0.0131/Metastats
Treponema0.0383/Metastats
Succinivibrio0.0483/Metastats

Group 1 vs. Group 3Escherichia0.0485/-test; 0.0125/Metastats
Anaeroplasma0.0197/-test; 0.0067/Metastats
Clostridium0.0448/-test; 0.0178/Metastats
Flexispira0.0205/-test; 0.0028/Metastats
Treponema0.0188/Metastats
Ruminococcus0.0178/Metastats
RFN200.0204/Metastats
Butyrivibrio0.0325/Metastats

Group 2 vs. Group 3Ruminococcus0.0412/-test; 0.0135/Metastats
Anaerostipes0.0071/-test; 0.0030/Metastats
Campylobacter0.0223/-test
Prevotella0.0217/Metastats
BE240.0427/Metastats
Flexispira0.0248/Metastats
Campylobacter0.0087/Metastats