Altered Intestinal Microbiota with Increased Abundance of Prevotella Is Associated with High Risk of Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Table 4
The quantity of fecal bacteria of mice in cohousing experiments.
Fecal bacteria
IBS-cohousing ()
CON-cohousing ()
value (cohousing)
IBS-single ()
CON-single ()
value (single)
Prevotella species
7.81 ± 1.34
7.55 ± 1.59
>0.05
8.51 ± 0.92
6.90 ± 0.69
<0.05
Bacteroides
10.93 ± 0.51
10.85 ± 0.24
>0.05
11.15 ± 0.52
10.58 ± 0.38
>0.05
Bifidobacterium species
5.50 ± 1.23
6.43 ± 0.69
>0.05
6.07 ± 0.95
6.08 ± 1.08
>0.05
Lactobacillus species
8.82 ± 0.40
9.03 ± 0.47
>0.05
9.41 ± 0.12
8.96 ± 0.92
>0.05
Account unit is Log10 copies/g fecal (). Asterisk indicates statistical significance (, CON-cohousing versus IBS-cohousing, CON-single versus IBS-single).
