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Role of Intestinal Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis

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Figure 2: Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal component analysis <strong>of</strong> the quantitative PCR measurements for Gram‐negative<br />

bacteria. The amount <strong>of</strong> variability accounted for by PC136.22% and PC2 22.20%. The sources <strong>of</strong><br />

the communities are <strong>in</strong>dicated by diamond for healthy subjects, open circles for UC patients <strong>in</strong><br />

remission, and closed circles for UC patients <strong>in</strong> relapse. Numbers <strong>in</strong> the load<strong>in</strong>g plot <strong>in</strong>dicate the<br />

bacterial taxa listed <strong>in</strong> Figure 1.<br />

Individual (N/6)<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

Genus<br />

B. bifidum<br />

B. adolescentis<br />

B. catenulatum<br />

B. breve<br />

B. angulatum<br />

B. longum<br />

Figure 3: Prevalence <strong>of</strong> six selected Bifidobacterium species <strong>in</strong> the<br />

<strong>in</strong>dividual faecal samples from healthy controls (white), UC<br />

patients <strong>in</strong> remission (light grey) and UC patients <strong>in</strong> relapse (dark<br />

grey). B. catenulatum is both B. catenulatum and B.<br />

pseudocatenulatum<br />

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