Fermentation Characterization of Chinese Yam Polysaccharide and Its Effects on the Gut Microbiota of Rats

Table 8

Effects of Chinese Yam polysaccharide (CYP) and glucose on the complexity of the intestinal bacterial population in fermentation broth.

Culture solution	Glucose	CYP 4	CYP 3	CYP 2	CYP 1
25	10	8	9	10	10

The data indicate the numbers of bands in DGGE lanes, which reflects the complexity of the bacterial population in the different treatment groups, as also indicated in Figures 2(a) and 2(b). The four samples from each treatment group in Exp. 1 were pooled into a single sample.