Table 3. Oligonucleotide probes used in this study for FISH analysis.

Probe	Target group	Reference
EUB338a	Most bacteria	[22]
EUB338IIa	Most bacteria	[22]
EUB338IIIa	Most bacteria	[22]
Bac303	Bacteroides spp.	[23]
Bif164	Bifidobacterium spp.	[23]
Lab158	Lactobacillus-Enterococcus spp.	[24]
Erec482	Most of the Clostridium coccoides-Eubacterium rectale group (Clostridium cluster XIVa and XIVb)	[25]
Chis150	Clostridium histolyticum group	[26]
Prop853	Clostridium cluster IX	[27]
Rrec 5842	Roseburia subcluster	[28]
Fprau655	Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and related sequences	[28]

^a, ^bThese probes are used together in equimolar concentrations