TABLE 4.
Values of diversity indices calculated from the DGGE profilesa
| Microbial group | Diversity index value (mean ± SE)
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| Simpson's (D)
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Shannon-Weaver (H′)
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Fisher's alpha (α)
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| CD | Control | CD | Control | CD | Control | |
| Dominant microbiota | 0.13 ± 0.04 | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.98 ± 0.13 | 1.23 ± 0.1 | 2.21 ± 0.57 | 3.78 ± 0.75 |
| C. leptum | 0.18 ± 0.09 | 0.15 ± 0.02 | 0.86 ± 0.19 | 0.86 ± 0.06 | 1.68 ± 0.65 | 1.49 ± 0.24 |
| C. coccoides | 0.29 ± 0.13 | 0.35 ± 0.13 | 0.63 ± 0.17 | 0.53 ± 0.14 | 0.96 ± 0.39 | 0.82 ± 0.25 |
| Bacteroides | 0.53 ± 0.21 | 0.32 ± 0.07 | 0.35 ± 0.15 | 0.52 ± 0.1 | 0.47 ± 0.17 | 0.62 ± 0.16 |
| Bifidobacterium | 0.31 ± 0.07 | 0.32 ± 0.11 | 0.53 ± 0.1 | 0.52 ± 0.14 | 0.7 ± 0.17 | 0.82 ± 0.25 |
| LAB | 0.19 ± 0.07 | 0.11 ± 0.04 | 0.78 ± 0.15 | 1.01 ± 0.15 | 1.4 ± 0.47 | 2.42 ± 0.78 |
a
Values in bold were significantly different between control and CD subjects (P < 0.05).