Effect of low-dose radiation on thyroid function and the gut microbiota

Figure 7 Altered gut microbiota composition in the radiation-exposed group compared with the control group. A: Identification of the significantly different species in the radiation-exposed group and controls at the family and genus levels as determined by linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe). Only taxa meeting a significant linear discriminant analysis threshold value of > 2.0 and P < 0.05 are shown; B: Comparison of Moraxellaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, and Lachnospiraceae abundances between the test group and control group at the family level; C: Histogram of the abundance of Lachnospiraceae in the control and test subgroups; D: Comparison of the differential bacterial abundances between the test group and controls at the genus level, including uncultured_bacterium_g_Acinetobacter, uncultured_bacterium_o_Mollicutes_RF39, uncultured_bacterium_g_Citrobacter, and uncultured_bacterium_g_Lactococcus. ^aP < 0.05.