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Table 3 Metabolites concentration (mM) and ratios (%) measured by HPLC in model 2 during antibiotic treatment [A, B and E] and recovery [F] periods

From: Clostridium difficile colonization and antibiotics response in PolyFermS continuous model mimicking elderly intestinal fermentation

 

Acetate

Propionate

Butyrate

Formate

Total metabolites

SCFA Ratios (%)

Acetate

Propionate

Butyrate

Period A (CRO I)

 CR

75.7 ± 4.8

33.4 ± 2.5

38.4 ± 2.2

ND

147.5 ± 5.8

51.3

22.6

26.0

 TR1

75.0 ± 3.0

36.7 ± 4.0

37.4 ± 0.9

ND

148.4 ± 6.4

20.5

24.7

24.7

 TR3

76.5 ± 4.1

33.5 ± 2.0

35.8 ± 1.3

ND

145.8 ± 4.7

52.5

23.0

24.6

Period B (CRO II)

 CR

91.2 ± 0.9

43.6 ± 2.2

18.4 ± 4.6

ND

153.2 ± 5.2

59.5

28.5

12.0

 TR1

93.5 ± 7.4

47.2 ± 4.3

19.5 ± 2.6

ND

160.2 ± 8.9

58.4

29.5

12.2

 TR3

97.0 ± 5.1*

45.6 ± 4.3

19.6 ± 2.1

ND

162.2 ± 7.0

97

45.6

19.6

Period E (MTZ)

 CR

99.2 ± 2.4

37.0 ± 1.2

13.3 ± 0.5

ND

149.5 ± 2.7

66.4

24.7

8.9

 TR1

44.1 ± 0.7*

35.9 ± 1.8

ND

10.6 ± 1.0

90.6 ± 2.2*

55.1

44.9

0

 TR4

45.6 ± 2.5*

37.0 ± 1.3

ND

11.3 ± 1.6

93.9 ± 3.2*

55.2

44.8

0

Period F (REC)

 CR

92.6 ± 10.9

39.9 ± 6.2

13.4 ± 0.2

ND

145.9 ± 12.5

63.5

27.3

9.2

 TR1

83.7 ± 0.4

43.8 ± 2.4

13.4 ± 0.7

ND

140.9 ± 2.5

59.4

31.1

9.5

 TR4

88.4 ± 8.6

44.8 ± 9.8

13.5 ± 1.6

ND

146.7 ± 13.1

60.3

30.5

9.2

  1. Data are mean ± SD of the three last days of treatment periods; samples were analyzed in duplicates
  2. Means with an asterisk (*) differ significantly from the control reactor within the same metabolite (p < 0.05)
  3. CR control reactor, TR test reactor, SCFA short-chain fatty acids, CRO ceftriaxone, MTZ metronidazole, REC recovery, ND not detected