AOS	Alginate oligosaccharides
SAOS	Saturated alginate oligosaccharides
SCFAs	Short-chain fatty acids
OAOS	Oxidized alginate oligosaccharides
UAOS	Unsaturated alginate oligosaccharides
SMOS	Saturated mannuronate oligosaccharides
SGOS	Saturated guluronate oligosaccharides
DP	Degree of polymerization
MW	Molecular weight
BF	Before fermentation
AF	After fermentation
OTUs	Operational taxonomic units
PCoA	Principal coordinate analysis
PCA	Principal component analysis
LEfSe	Linear discriminant analysis effect size
LDA	Linear discriminant analysis
TLC	Thin-layer chromatography
HPLC	High-performance liquid chromatography
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
SEM	Standard error of the mean
ISAPP	International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics