Longitudinal study on the effects of a synbiotic supplement to Atlantic salmon diets on performance, gut microbiota and immune responses during antibiotic treatment and subsequent recovery

Table 2 The PERMANOVA analysis of the relationships between beta diversity indices and diet and sampling time

Beta diversity indices	Predictors	R² (%)	F	P
Nonmedicated
Bray–Curtis	Diet	11.54	4.85	0.003
	Time	9.79	2.06	0.003
	Diet:time	7.26	1.52	0.055
Weighted Unifrac
	Diet	14.29	7.20	0.028
	Time	14.87	3.75	0.022
	Diet:time	11.33	2.85	0.053
Medicated
Bray–Curtis	Diet	6.75	2.33	0.186
	Time	11.49	1.98	0.022
	Diet:time	3.40	0.59	0.922
Weighted Unifrac	Diet	2.85	0.99	0.091
	Time	17.43	3.02	0.019
	Diet:time	1.90	0.33	0.939

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