A Single-Batch Fermentation System to Simulate Human Colonic Microbiota for High-Throughput Evaluation of Prebiotics
Fig 2
Bacterial diversity measures by observed species and Shannon-Wiener index in three human volunteers’ feces (F37-1: female, age 37; F37-2: female, age 37; and M54: male, age 54) and corresponding cultures at 6, 9, and 24 h after the initiation of fermentation.
The Shannon-Wiener diversity index characterizes the diversity in a community, i.e., species abundance and evenness.