Novel Organic Mineral Complex Prevents High-Fat Diet-Induced Changes in the Gut and Liver of Male Sprague-Dawley Rats

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Change in differently abundant taxa between fecal samples of HFD rats collected at week 0 and week 10. (a) Linear discriminate analysis of effect size (LEfSe) results depicting different microbial taxonomic signatures in fecal samples collected from male Sprague-Dawley rats fed HFD (n = 5-6/group) at week 10 in comparison to HFD week 0 samples. Fecal samples collected from HFD-fed rats at week 10 were more abundant in bacteria in the following phyla: Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Tenericutes, and Actinobacteria. No other differences were detected. (b) Cladogram depicting differentially abundant microbial taxa in stool samples collected from male Sprague-Dawley rats fed HFD (n = 5-6/group) for 10 weeks. Microbial taxa enriched in HFD rats are shown in red.