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The only somewhat significant difference was the number of scid mice infected with 50 μg/mL-treated B. burgdorferi versus 0 μg/mL-treated B. burgdorferi (Fisher’s exact test, 2-tailed p = 0.0885).

Compared with the 20% CP, the diet containing 16% CP displayed an increasing trend ( p = 0.089) of Firmicutes abundance but had decreased ( p = 0.056) Actinobacteria abundance in the jejunum at 5–10 kg BW stage.

In both species, the normalized RNA:DNA ratio was positively related to the total food uptake as reflected by the CINC+NINC values, the effect being significant for Eurytemora ( R 2 = 0.63, p < 0.03) and marginally significant for Acartia ( R 2 = 0.40, p > 0.09; Figure 4 and Supplementary Table S8 ).

The second axis, which explains 6.9% of the variation in bacterial community composition, was unrelated to cumulative precipitation but a marginally significant relationship was noted between this axis and the starting weight of the cadaver ( y = -0.14x + 25.60; F 1,12 = 3.43; P = 0.09; r 2 = 0.22).

Furthermore, the fT4/TT4 ratio was significantly lower in animals living at low altitudes compared to middle altitudes and showed a trend toward a significantly lower ratio compared to high altitudes ( p -value = 0.09, Figure 5 ).

But the relative fitness of Δ csgD cells was marginally significant (one sample t -test, P = 0.09, n ≥ 5) at stationary phase of LS condition for Δ csgD cells in stationary phase (Figure 1B ).

14.1%), though high dispersion yielded only partial significance (Welch t -test, FDR-corrected P = 0.09).

Female participants showed a marginally elevated infection risk (OR = 1.27, p = 0.35), while communal cup-sharing behavior demonstrated borderline significance as a risk factor (OR = 1.95, p = 0.09).

Regardless of lake type, we found a trend ( P < 0.09 marginally significant) where higher TP concentrations related to a lower percentage of the community estimated to be in a dormant state.

We also observed a positive relationship between DEA and root biomass, but the correlation was only marginally significant [ R 2 = 0.20; F (1, 13) = 3.3, P = 0.09; Figure 5C ].

As shown in Figures 2D,E , there was a decreasing trend of Chao 1 ( P = 0.092) and Shannon’s estimate ( P = 0.099) for colonic content in CM compared to CON.

Under dry conditions, uninoculated RHEs showed a trend toward increased total NMF levels compared to those maintained under humid conditions (+54.7%, p = 0.092), although this difference was not statistically significant.

The 0.25% and 0.5% FAMP groups exhibited a decreasing trend with regard to the content of histidine ( P = 0.093), proline ( P = 0.060), and branched-chain amino acid (BCAA, P = 0.089) of egg albumen relative to the CON group ( Table 4 ). 3.4 The number of ovarian follicles, hormone levels of plasma and ovary, and hormone synthesis and receptor genes in the ovary The results of ovarian follicles are shown in Figure 1A .

Overall, there was only a marginally significant higher biomass in long-term abandoned soils compared to recently abandoned soils (χ 2 = 2.814, p = 0.093).

Furthermore, the direct effect of biogas-slurry treatment on microbial diversity was marginally significant ( p = 0.093).

Research has shown that Lactobacillus acidophilus supplementation in broilers significantly improves feed efficiency ( p < 0.05) while reducing abdominal fat deposition, with a notable trend toward enhanced humoral immunity (IgG, p = 0.093) ( Liu et al., 2025 ).

For the bulk soil samples, the overall trend of higher estimated richness in RS than MS was confirmed for bacteria and fungi (ANOVA, p < 0.001 and p = 0.005, respectively), while bacterial and fungal evenness was barely significantly affected by cropping history ( p = 0.094 and p = 0.056, respectively).

2.3 mmol/l; P = 0.033) and showed a trend to increase it in the colon ( P = 0.094 and P = 0.097 for Days 4 PI and 8 PI, respectively).

The fish group showed a slight trend in microbial diversity at day 55 compared to day 41 ( p = 0.094) ( Supplementary Table 5 ).

Variance partitioning confirmed the overwhelming effect of elevation, explaining solely 14.8% variation ( F = 2.5, P = 0.048), but also significant was the net effect of the cushion (4.2%, F = 1.9, P = 0.042), and marginally significant the elevation × cushion interaction (9%, F = 1.3, P = 0.096).

Consistent with these patterns, lameness score was significantly positively correlated with TNF- α ( r = 0.58, p = 0.048) and showed a positive trend with LPS ( r = 0.50, p = 0.096).

Other genes putatively associated with polyketide synthesis with significant or marginally significant changes in transcript abundance included polyketide synthase modules and related proteins (Gene ID: JL721_1454, direct, low, p = 0.0970, log 2 fold change = 0.33), antibiotic biosynthesis monooxygenase (Gene ID: JL721_3539 and Gene ID: JL721_2332, direct, low, multiple genes, p < 0.01, log 2 fold c

Chao1 (83.75–478.96) and Shannon (1.24–6.15) indices showed near-significant differences (Kruskal–Wallis, Chao1: p = 0.097; Shannon: p = 0.051), suggesting interactive effects of season, region, and root type.

ANOVA detected significant differences in abundance among age groups for Fibrobacteres ( p < 0.05) and Tenericutes ( p < 0.01), while differences for the phylum Spirochaetes were almost significant ( p = 0.098) ( Supplementary Figure S3 ).

Net nitrification also responded significantly to N addition but only in the biocrusts (increasing from 1.27 to 2.12 to 2.04 μg N g -1 d -1 , respectively, Table 2 ; Supplementary Table S2 ; Figure 2B ), although the Nitrification × Depth interaction was marginally non-significant ( P = 0.098).