Quantification of predominant bacterial groups and bacterial genes in cecal contents of HLA-B27 transgenic rats on AIN-76A diet or rat chow diet at the end of the experimental treatment period (16 weeks of age).

<p>*Results are represented as means±SEM and depict the percent of the respective bacterial group/gene related to total bacteria. Values obtained with the same primer pair that do not share a common superscript are significantly different (<i>P</i><0.05, Bonferroni adjustment).</p><p>**ND, not detected.</p><p>Quantification of predominant bacterial groups and bacterial genes in cecal contents of HLA-B27 transgenic rats on AIN-76A diet or rat chow diet at the end of the experimental treatment period (16 weeks of age).