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. 2012 Aug 21;4(8):1095–1119. doi: 10.3390/nu4081095

Table 1.

Summary of diet-induced dysbiosis.

Diet Bacteria Altered Effect on Bacteria References
High-fat Bifidobacteria spp. Decreased (absent) [45]
High-fat and high-sugar Clostridium innocuum, Catenibacterium mitsuokai and Enterococcus spp. Increased [18]
Bacteroides spp. Decreased [18]
Carbohydrate-reduced Bacteroidetes Increased [49]
Calorie-restricted Clostridium coccoides, Lactobacillus spp. and Bifidobacteria spp. Decreased (growth prevented) [48]
Complex carbohydrates Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and Enterobacteriaceae Decreased [49]
B. longum subspecies longum, B.breve and B. thetaiotaomicron Increased [53]
Refined sugars C. difficile and C. perfringens Increased [54,55]
Vegetarian E. coli Decreased [56]
High n-6 PUFA from safflower oil Bacteroidetes Decreased [59,60]
Firmicutes, Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria Increased [59,60]
δ-Proteobacteria Increased [61]
Animal milk fat δ-Proteobacteria Increased [62]