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. 2023 Jun 19;2(3):e124. doi: 10.1002/imt2.124

Table 1.

Summary of important gut microbiota producing or consuming succinate.

Phylum Family Genus Species Reference
Producing succinate
Bacteroides Bacteroidaceae Bacteroides Bacteroides vulgatus [47]
Bacteroides fragilis [48]
B. thetaiotaomicron [49]
Prevotellaceae Prevotella Paraprevotella clara [50]
Paraprevotella xylaniphila [50, 5150, 51]
Prevotella ruminicola [52]
Prevotella copri [43, 4643, 46]
Tannerellaceae Parabacteroides Parabacteroides distasonis [53]
Firmicutes Ruminococcaceae Ruminococcus Ruminococcus flavefaciens [39]
Ruminococcus albus [48]
Lachnospiraceae Blautia Blautia wexlerae [47]
Ruminococcaceae Desulfovibrio Faecalibacterium prausnitzii [54]
Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus Lactobacillus plantarum [55]
Veillonellaceae Veillonella Veillonella Parvula [46]
Selenomonadaceae Mitsuokella Mitsuokella multiacidus [49]
Actinobacteria Bifidobacteriaceae Bifidobacterium Bifidobacterium adolescentis [56]
Bifidobacterium animalis [56]
Bifidobacterium bifidum [56]
Bifidobacterium breve [56]
Bifidobacterium longum [56]
Propionibacteriaceae Propionibacterium Propionibacterium acidipropionici [57]
Propionibacterium shermanii [48]
Consuming succinate
Firmicutes Clostridaceae Clostridium Clostridium kluyveri [58]
Clostridium C. difficile [49]
Acidaminococcaceae Phascolarctobacterium Phascolarctobacterium faecium [59]
Phascolarctobacterium Phascolarctobacterium succinatutens [60]
Veillonellaceae Dialister Dialister propionicifaciens [60]
Dialister succinatiphilus [60]
Veillonella Veillonella parvula [60]
Ruminococcaceae Ruminococcus Ruminococcus bromii [39]
Bacteroides Odoribacteraceae Odoribacter Odoribacter spp. [49]
Bacteroidaceae Bacteroides Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron [61]