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Table 2 Intestinal location-dependent influence of age on the mucosa-associated microbial community

From: Maternal milk and fecal microbes guide the spatiotemporal development of mucosa-associated microbiota and barrier function in the porcine neonatal gut

Items

Weighted UniFrac

Unweighted UniFrac

Bray-Curtis

R2

P value

R2

P value

R2

P value

Jejunum

0.086

0.404

0.089

0.167

0.084

0.392

Ileum

0.076

0.208

0.094

< 0.001

0.109

0.005

Cecum

0.426

< 0.001

0.286

< 0.001

0.32

< 0.001

Colon

0.463

< 0.001

0.312

< 0.001

0.339

< 0.001

  1. PERMANOVA was performed to test the effect of days after birth on mucosa-associated microbiota in different intestinal segments. P values in italics represent statistical significance (P < 0.05)