Table 5 Log 16S rRNA gene copy numbers of specific bacterial groups for the different experimental conditions of modelled cecal microbiota F2, enumerated by qPCR
|  | Log10 16S rRNA gene copies of taxon/mL (mean ± SD) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total bacteria | Firmicutes | Ruminococcaceae | Lactobacillus-Leuconostoc-Pediococcus spp. | Bacteroidetes | Enterobacteriaceae | Bifidobacteriaceae | L. reuteri PTA5_F13 | |
CR | ||||||||
 Pre-treatment | 10.7 ± 0.0 | 9.9 ± 0.1 | 9.8 ± 0.0 | 6.4 ± 0.1 | 9.9 ± 0.1 | 8.5 ± 0.3 | 7.2 ± 0.1 | BDL |
 Treatment | 10.6 ± 0.1 | 9.8 ± 0.1 | 9.8 ± 0.1 | 6.1 ± 0.0 | 9.9 ± 0.0 | 8.2 ± 0.2 | 7.2 ± 0.1 | BDL |
 P value | 0.116 | 0.251 | 0.374 |  < 0.001 | 0.116 | 0.284 | 0.230 | - |
100G | ||||||||
 Pre-treatment | 10.8 ± 0.1 | 9.9 ± 0.1 | 9.9 ± 0.1 | 7.8 ± 0.2 | 8.9 ± 0.1 | 8.1 ± 0.1 | 8.4 ± 0.2 | BDL |
 Treatment | 10.8 ± 0.1 | 10.0 ± 0.0 | 10.0 ± 0.0 | 8.1 ± 0.3 | 8.5 ± 0.2 | 7.4 ± 0.2 | 8.3 ± 0.1 | BDL |
 P value | 0.519 | 0.116 | 0.116 | 0.187 | 0.013 | 0.003 | 0.348 | - |
Lbr | ||||||||
 Pre-treatment | 10.9 ± 0.1 | 9.8 ± 0.0 | 9.8 ± 0.1 | 7.3 ± 0.3 | 9.5 ± 0.2 | 7.4 ± 0.1 | 7.7 ± 0.2 | BDL |
 Treatment | 10.8 ± 0.3 | 9.9 ± 0.1 | 9.9 ± 0.0 | 8.9 ± 0.1 | 9.2 ± 0.1 | 7.3 ± 0.2 | 8.2 ± 0.1 | 7.6 ± 0.1 |
 P value | 0.442 | 0.007 | 0.116 |  < 0.001 | 0.193 | 0.435 | 0.010 |  < 0.001 |
Lbr-100G | ||||||||
 Pre-treatment | 11.0 ± 0.1 | 9.8 ± 0.0 | 9.8 ± 0.1 | 6.4 ± 0.2 | 10.0 ± 0.1 | 8.1 ± 0.1 | 7.3 ± 0.0 | BDL |
 Treatment | 11.1 ± 0.1 | 9.8 ± 0.1 | 9.8 ± 0.1 | 8.9 ± 0.1 | 9.9 ± 0.1 | 6.9 ± 0.1 | 7.2 ± 0.1 | 7.7 ± 0.1 |
 P value | 0.374 | 0.374 | 0.230 |  < 0.001 | 0.319 |  < 0.001 | 0.116 |  < 0.001 |