Additional file 2: of Probiotic Bifidobacterium strains and galactooligosaccharides improve intestinal barrier function in obese adults but show no synergism when used together as synbiotics

Figure S1. Phylogenetic analysis of OTU_1 and six closely related Bifidobacterium OTUs that might have competed with OTU_1 for the niche in the GI tract using Maximum Likelihood method. OTU_2281 Lactobacillus animalis was selected as the Outgroup. Numbers indicate branch lengths. (PPTX 41 kb