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From: Gastrointestinal symptoms of long COVID-19 related to the ectopic colonization of specific bacteria that move between the upper and lower alimentary tract and alterations in serum metabolites

Fig. 3

Specific microbiomes with significantly reduced relative abundance in follow-up patient fecal samples. A,B Average relative abundance of the top five phyla (A) and top 10 microbial genera (B) detected in feces from normal individuals, in-hospital patients, and their follow-up within 3 months after discharge. C Microbial phyla with significantly lower relative abundance in fecal samples from 3-month follow-up patients compared with normal samples or in-hospital patients. D,E The top 10 microbial phyla (D) and genera (E) with significantly lower relative abundance in fecal samples from 3-month follow-up patients compared with normal samples or in-hospital patients. F Significantly associated Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) functions of the follow-up, mild, and normal groups, with an LDA (linear discriminant analysis) score > 1. G Average relative abundance of the top 79 microbial species detected in fecal samples from the normal, mild, and follow-up groups. H The top 20 microbial species with significantly lower relative abundance in fecal samples of follow-up patients compared with normal samples or mild patients. “ns” represents no significance, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, and ****p < 0.0001 (Student’s t test)

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