Table 3 List of significant bacterial abundance changes as a function of source, sex and GS access at the family taxon level

Cecal vs. colonic pellets

Ruminococcaceae

26.84

36.88

10.04

Bacteroidales S24-7 group

12.08

8.68

-3.4

Christensenellaceae

1.37

2.21

0.84

Clostridiaceae_1

2.18

1.24

-0.94

Peptococcaceae

1.29

1.04

-0.25

Rikenellaceae

1.03

0.74

-0.29

Streptococcaceae

0.39

0.6

0.21

Rhodospirillaceae

0.51

0.24

-0.27

Clostridiales vadinBB60 group

0.23

0.06

-0.17

Deferribacteraceae

0.124

0.045

-0.08

Micrococcaceae

0.045

0.067

0.022

Alphaproteobacteria Class

0.06

0.015

-0.05

Males vs. Females

Bacteroidales S24-7 group

8.72

12.15

3.43

Lactobacillaceae

1.42

2.35

0.93

Rhodospirillaceae

0.3

0.45

0.15

NB1-n Order

0.39

0.23

-0.16

Clostridiales Order

0.23

0.13

-0.1

Desulfovibrionaceae

0.026

0.042

0.016

Staphylococcaceae

0

0.0027

0.0027

Thermoanaerobacteraceae

0.0002

0.0009

0.0007

With/without GS

Erysipelotrichaceae

4.27

1.8

-2.47

Streptococcaceae

0.39

0.59

0.2

Micrococcaceae

0.043

0.069

0.026