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Table 3 The relative amounts (n-fold difference) of measured bacteria in cecum samples compared to rectum samples over post mortem time

From: Time-dependent post mortem changes in the composition of intestinal bacteria using real-time quantitative PCR

  

Bacterial Group

 
  

Bacteroides sp.

C. leptum

C. coccoides

Bifidobacterium sp.

Enterobactericaea

Streptococcus sp.

Lactobacillus sp.

All

Median

0.32

0.72

1.29

1.18

0.86

2.19

0.82

 

25th–75th

0.13–1.06

0.41–1.61

0.27–3.94

0.52–2.66

0.09–3.38

0.52–7.50

0.25–3.61

1–3 days

        
 

Median

0.15

0.59

0.64

2.03

1.37

3.56

1.25

 

25th–75th

0.01–0.43

0.31–2.94

0.20–4.55

0.84–35.63

0.26–14.77

0.85–35.32

0.46–7.11

4–5 days

        
 

Median

0.53

1.09

1.27

0.61

0.68

2.28

0.30

 

25th–75th

0.17–1.60

0.60–1.81

0.15–2.30

0.26–2.34

0.03–1.85

0.34–8.07

0.16–1.95

>5 days

        
 

Median

0.53

0.60

2.81

1.03

0.86

1.85

1.09

 

25th–75th

0.21–1.45

0.41–1.39

0.59–4.27

0.45–1.61

0.16–7.94

0.27–5.68

0.65–7.84

 

p-value

0.014

0.472

0.421

0.054

0.358

0.192

0.024

  1. Results are presented as median and 25th-75th interquartile range. Non-parametric median, Kruskal-Wallis-test comparisons between groups.
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