Table 1.
Gut bacteria involved in fermentation of non-digestible carbohydrates.
| Non-Digestible Carbohydrates (NDCs) | Genus | Species | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSP1 | Cellulose | Clostridium | leptum, herbivorans | (29) |
| Ruminococcus | flaveciens, albus, | (8, 30) | ||
| champanellensis | (31, 32) | |||
| Fibrobacter | intestinalis, succinogenes | (33) | ||
| Bacteroides | succinogenes | (34) | ||
| Hemicellulose | Butyrivibrio | fibrisolvens | (8, 35) | |
| Bacteroides | ruminicola, xylanisolvens | (36, 37) | ||
| Ruminococcus | champanellensis | (31, 32) | ||
| Pectin | Bacteroides, Prevotella | – | (38, 39) | |
| Resistant Starch | – | Ruminococcus | bromii | (40, 41) |
| Bifidobacterium | adolescentis | |||
| Bacteroides | thetaiotaomicron | |||
| Eubacterium | rectale | |||
| NDO | FOS |
Bifidobacterium
Lactobacillus |
–
plantarum, acidophilus |
(42, 43) (44, 45) |
| GOS | ||||
| MOS | ||||
| SBOS | ||||
| IMO | ||||
NSP, Non-Starch Polysaccharide; NDO, Non-Digestible Oligosaccharide; FOS, Fructo-oligosaccharide; GOS, Galacto-oligosaccharide; MOS, Mannan-oligosaccharide; SBOS, Soybean-oligosaccharide; IMO, Isomalto-oligosaccharide.