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We performed an in silico re-analysis of publicly deposited 16S rRNA gene data from 15 female C57BL\/6 mice distributed across three dietary cohorts\u2014fiber-replete (F), no-fiber (NF), and no-fiber with exogenous short-chain fatty acid supplementation (NF-SCFA)\u2014using processed taxonomic profiles and PICRUSt-derived KO\/EC and KEGG pathway representations. No new animals, sequencing, enzyme assays, metabolomics, or direct SCFA measurements were generated. The F cohort exhibited the highest alpha-diversity summaries (observed features, Shannon, Simpson) and higher read-count representation for fiber-associated taxa, including Clostridium and Bifidobacterium, whereas NF profiles showed elevated representation of Ligilactobacillus in several samples. Beta-diversity analyses (PERMANOVA, PCoA) revealed that F communities were compositionally distinct from both fiber-deprived cohorts, while NF and NF-SCFA remained similar to one another. Among 52 differentially represented KO\/EC features mapped across 31 KEGG pathway groups, 19 were F-preferential and 33 NF-preferential, spanning carbohydrate, pyruvate, propanoate, and butanoate metabolism. Critically, the NF-SCFA cohort failed to recapitulate the F-like taxonomic or functional pattern, indicating that exogenous SCFA supplementation alone does not restore fiber-associated community structure. These findings describe associations and predicted functional potential rather than demonstrated enzyme activity, metabolite concentration, or SCFA output, and should be interpreted as hypothesis-generating. 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