Correlation between cecal microbiota and butyric acid and between cecal microbiota and body fat
Genus
Butyric acid
Body fat
R
P
R
P
Tannerellaceae
0.36
0.036
RF39
0.44
0.012
Anaerostipes
0.74
< 0.001
–0.18
0.181
Blaitia
–0.68
0.090
Atopobiaceae uncultured
–0.68
0.076
Bacteroides
0.44
0.191
–0.64
0.006
Lachnospiraceae_UCG-010
–0.47
0.046
Bifidobacterium
0.48
< 0.001
Adlercreutzia
0.46
0.001
[Eubacterium]_xylanophilum_group
–0.02
0.009
Streptococcus
0.42
0.007
Mucispirillum
–0.02
< 0.001
R: correlation coefficient
Declarations
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Mr. Koki Takahashi for providing the animal care and technical assistance.
Author contributions
SM, AY, and KA: Resources. GT: Data curation, Investigation. SH and RI: Formal analysis. TM: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Investigation.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
All animal procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee for Kagawa University (approval number 23616).
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Availability of data and materials
Data can be provided for any qualified researchers on reasonable request.
Funding
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