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Fig. 8 | Microbiome

Fig. 8

From: Spatial heterogeneity of bacterial colonization across different gut segments following inter-species microbiota transplantation

Fig. 8

The development of small-intestinal epithelial morphology of germ-free, FMA, WIMA, and SPF mice. Differences in the villus height (a), crypt depth (b), the number of apoptotic positive cells (c), and the number of acid mucins (d) and neutral mucins (e) in the jejunum and ileum among different groups are presented. The hematoxylin and eosin staining of the jejunum and ileum of different groups (f). The TUNEL staining of the jejunum and ileum of different groups (g), the green fluorescent cell nuclei were selected as the apoptotic positive cells. The Alcian Blue staining of the jejunum and ileum of different groups (h), the acidic mucins were stained in blue. The Periodic Acid-Schiff staining of the jejunum and ileum of different groups (i), the neutral mucins were stained in magenta red. Data are shown as mean±SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. GF mice: germ-free mice, FMA mice: fecal microbiota-associated mice; WIMA mice: whole-intestinal microbiota-associated mice; SPF mice: specific-pathogen-free mice; IOD: integrated optical density

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