Effect of Combined Live Probiotics Alleviating the Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Functional Bowel Disorders

Figure 5

Differences in microbiota composition (β-diversity) in the probiotics group (a) and control group (b). Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analysis between the baseline and 4 weeks after colonoscopy and treatment. The β-diversity 4 weeks after colonoscopy and treatment of the probiotics group were more divergent than those in the baseline. However, the β-diversity 4 weeks after colonoscopy and treatment of the control group were less divergent than those in the baseline. PC1: principal coordinate 1; PC2: principal coordinate 2.

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