Figure 1From: Luminal and mucosal-associated intestinal microbiota in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndromeFold change in concentrations of (A) Bacteroides species, (B) Bifidobacterium species, (C) Clostridium species, (D) E. coli , and (E) Lactobacillus species in fecal samples from D-IBS patients and healthy controls using qPCR. A significant increase in the levels of Lactobacillus species was detected in fecal samples from D-IBS patients (** P = 0.02).Back to article page