Fig. 2

Consumption of Mediterranean diet leads to significant variation in distinct gut microbiota species. a Relative abundance of bacterial species in different fecal samples is visualized by bar plots. Each bar represents a subject and each colored box a bacterial taxon. The height of a color box represents the relative abundance of that organism within the sample. “Other” represents lower abundance taxa. Mediterranean diet-fed subjects are shown in blue; Western diet-fed subjects are shown in green. b Species elevated in Mediterranean diet-consuming animals when compared with Western diet-fed subjects (mean values and p values) are shown in the table. c Species elevated in Western diet-fed animals when compared with Mediterranean diet-consuming subjects (mean values and p values) are shown in the table