Gut Microbiota Composition and Structure of the Ob/Ob and Db/Db Mice
Table 2
Relative abundance in the percentage of the major OTUs at the phyla level in the fecal sample from db/db mice.
Taxa
Db/db 8 weeks
Db/db 12 weeks
Db/db 18 weeks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Acidobacteria
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.001
Actinobacteria
0.288
1.038
0.126
0.045
0.029
0.384
1.155
0.123
1.920
Bacteroidetes
43.714
45.579
46.454
44.068
45.419
58.519
42.867
43.287
44.648
Cyanobacteria
0.085
1.656
0.583
0.337
0.145
0.163
0.152
0.172
0.699
Deferribacteres
0.000
0.000
0.000
1.032
0.002
0.226
0.002
0.002
0.047
Firmicutes
54.579
50.412
52.253
47.711
49.731
29.526
48.879
46.243
39.874
Gemmatimonadetes
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.001
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
Lentisphaerae
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
Proteobacteria
0.287
0.197
0.155
2.243
2.025
2.271
4.585
7.637
7.231
Tenericutes
0.007
0.003
0.003
1.852
1.696
7.547
1.039
0.754
4.651
Verrucomicrobia
0.016
0.031
0.001
1.498
0.091
0.061
0.002
0.091
0.004
Others
1.023
1.083
0.424
1.213
0.861
1.304
1.318
1.691
0.925
Note: “db/db 8 weeks” indicates the group of db/db mice at 8 weeks of age; “db/db 12 weeks” indicates the group of db/db mice at 12 weeks of age; “db/db 18 weeks” indicates the group of db/db mice at 18 weeks of age.
