Table 2. Taxonomic composition and relative abundance at the phylum level in fecal samples from the control and salmonella-infected groups
Phylum | Control | Salmonella-infected group | T-test p-value |
63-F | 64-F | 65-F | 69-F | 70-F | 81-F |
Bacteroidetes* | 71.97% | 70.64% | 68.17% | 46.88% | 44.03% | 47.45% | 0.0001 |
Firmicutes* | 27.20% | 25.99% | 30.56% | 35.45% | 43.79% | 46.98% | 0.0186 |
Proteobacteria* | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.24% | 2.79% | 2.06% | 1.36% | 0.0093 |
Spirochaetes* | 0.01% | 0.05% | 0.12% | 6.05% | 5.74% | 1.31% | 0.0480 |
Unknown | 0.82% | 3.28% | 0.92% | 8.83% | 4.38% | 2.90% | 0.1315 |