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From: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG ameliorates DON-induced intestinal damage depending on the enrichment of beneficial bacteria in weaned piglets

Fig. 9

Effect of LGG on α and β diversity of cecal contents in weaned piglets exposed to DON. a Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) plot of the cecal microbiota composition at the operational taxonomic unit (OTU) level from different groups. Points with different colors represent the centroid of each group. The closer the points, the more similar the gut microbiota structure. b The significant differences between groups were calculated by analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) analysis. The vertical axis of the box plot represents the distance ranking, the horizontal axis between represents the distance between groups, and the other represents the distance within the corresponding group. The R value indicates the degree of difference between and within groups. P value indicates the significance of differences between and within groups. c-f Diversity and richness indexes of cecal microbiota in each group. CON, basal diet; LGG, basal diet supplemented with 1.77 × 1011 CFU/kg LGG; DON, DON-contaminated diet containing 3.11 mg/kg DON; and LGG + DON, DON-contaminated diet containing 3.11 mg/kg DON and 1.77 × 1011 CFU/kg LGG. Data are mean ± SEM, n = 6. “*” means P < 0.05, “**” means P < 0.01, “***” means P < 0.001

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