Fig. 6From: Saturated long-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria contribute to enhanced colonic motility in ratsModulation of gut microbiota can effectively attenuate bowel motility and intracolonic SLCFAs production in NMS rats based on 14 consecutive days of neomycin treatment (150 mg/kg). a Accumulation of fecal pellets within 60 min before and after neomycin treatment. b The gut transit time in rats with or without intervention. c Relative levels of SLCFA-producing genera normalized with 16s rRNA level. d Relative levels of SLCFA-synthetic genes among three groups. e The amounts of individual SLCFAs per gram colonic contents in rats from three groups. Values for line/bar charts are expressed as mean ± SEM, for box plots are presented as interquartile range. Statistics among three groups was calculated by One-way ANOVA. Significance compared with control group is defined as *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.005, compared with NMS group is described as #p < 0.05; ##p < 0.01; ###p < 0.005Back to article page