Table 5.
Significant bacterial changes following exercise (↑ and ↓ denote increase or decrease in variable, respectively).
| Intervention/Treatment | Model Used | Non-Microbiome Changes | Bacterial Changes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controlled treadmill running | Mice | ↑ Lactobacillus spp. | [215] | |
| ↑ Clostridium leptum (C-IV) | ||||
| ↓ Clostridium cluster (C-XI) | ||||
| ↓ Bifidobacterium spp | ||||
| Controlled treadmill running | Rat | ↓ Blood Lactate | ↑ Allocaculum | [216] |
| ↑ Pseudomonas | ||||
| ↑ Lactobacillus | ||||
| ↓ Streptococcus | ||||
| ↓ Aggregatibacter | ||||
| ↓ Sutturella | ||||
| Voluntary wheel running | Mice | ↓ Body Weight | ↑ Bacteroidetes | [217] |
| ↓ Body Fat | ↓ Firmicutes | |||
| ↓ Blood glucose | ↓ Actinobacteria | |||
| ↑ Heart:Body Weight | ||||
| Controlled wheel running | Mice | ↓ Streptococcus | [218] | |
| ↓ Bacteroidetes | ||||
| ↑ Firmicutes | ||||
| Voluntary wheel running | Rat | ↓ Body Fat | ↓ Firmicutes | [219] |
| ↑ Lean Body Mass | ↑ Cyanobacteria | |||
| ↓ Non-esterified fatty acids | ↑ Proteobacteia | |||
| ↓ Cholesterol | ||||
| Voluntary wheel running | Rat | ↑ Cecal size and weight | ↑ SM7/11 | [220] |
| ↑ Butyrate production | ↑ T2-87 | |||
| ↓ Body Weight | ||||
| Voluntary and forced treadmill running | Mice | ↓ Body Weight | ↑ Dorea | [221] |
| ↑ Anaerotruncus | ||||
| ↑ Nautilia | ||||
| ↑ Coprococcus | ||||
| ↑ Oscillospira | ||||
| ↓ Turicibacter | ||||
| ↓ Moryella | ||||
| ↓ Prevotella | ||||
| Voluntary wheel running | Mice | ↓ Body Weight | ↑ Enterococcsceae | [222] |
| ↑ Staphylococcsceae | ||||
| ↓ Erysipelotrichaceae | ||||
| Voluntary wheel running | Rat | ↑ Body Weight | ↑ B. Coccoides-E Rectale | [223] |
| ↑ Serum Leptin | ↑ Lactobacillus | |||
| ↓ Serum Ghrelin | ↓ Clostridium | |||
| ↓ Enteroccocus | ||||
| ↓ Prevotella | ||||
| ↓ Bacteroides | ||||
| Voluntary wheel running | Rat | ↑ Body Weight | ↓ Rikenellaceae g_AF12 | [224] |
| ↑ Lean Body Mass | ↓ Rikenellaceae g | |||
| ↓ Desulfovibrio spp | ||||
| ↑ Blautia spp | ||||
| ↑ Turicibacter | ||||
| ↑ Anaerostipes spp | ||||
| ↑ Methanosphaera | ||||
| Single Peak Exercise Test | Human | ↑ Bacteria in blood | ↑ Actinobacteria | [225] |
| ↑ Firmicutes |