Figure 4

Relative abundance of the top ten most abundant bacterial families across the tested groups. Box plot graphic representation of the normalized median counts within the tested groups: NPDM (Controls with no parasites detected in the microscopic stool analysis), Blasto (Children parasitized only by Blastocystis spp.). E_coli (Children parasitized only by Entamoeba coli). E_nana (Children parasitized only by Endolimax nana). A Bacteroidaceae. B Bifidobacteriaceae. C Lachnospiraceae. D Pasteurellaceae. E Porphyromonadaceae. The difference in the median values between E_coli and Blasto groups was statistically significant with a p = 0.021. F Prevotellaceae. The difference in the median values between NPDM controls and Blasto groups was statistically significant with a p = 0.013. G Rikenellaceae. H Ruminococcaceae. I Veillonellaceae. The difference in the median values between NPDM controls and E_coli groups was statistically significant with a p = 0.031. J Verrucomicrobiaceae. The difference in the median values between E_coli and Blasto groups was statistically significant with a p = 0.019.