Site and Strain-Specific Variation in Gut Microbiota Profiles and Metabolism in Experimental Mice
Figure 4
Age-dependent effects of relocation on the GTM profiles and urinary metabolite profiles of C3H mice.
(a) UPGMA cluster analysis of fecal DGGE profiles. Blue symbols represent fecal samples obtained from animals housed in the original environment (A). Samples obtained from mice relocated at 4 weeks of age are represented by open symbols; red symbols represent animals relocated to environment B at over 8 weeks of age. Numbers identify individual animals; numbers in parenthesis give the age of animal in weeks and (b) UPLC-MS PCA results from the analysis of urine samples from these animals showing the effect of relocation on metabolite profiles.