Table 1.

Vitamin and short chain fatty acids (SCFA) producing bacteria

Microorganism/s	Type	Compound	References
Ruminococcus, Faecalibacterium	Commensal	Butyrate	[18]
Bifidobacteria	Probiotic	Acetate/lactate	[27]
L. salivarius spp salcinius JCM 1230 L. agilis JCM 1048	Probiotic	Propionate/butyrate	[29]
L. acidophilus CRL 1014	Probiotic	Acetate/butyrate/propionate	[30, 33–35]
LGG	Probiotic	Propionate	This study
B. longum SP 07/3	Probiotic	Propionate/acetate
B bifidum MF 20/5	Probiotic	Propionate/acetate
L. gasseri PA 16/8	Probiotic	Propionate
L. plantarum WCSF1	Comensal	Folate	[46]
Bifidobacteria	Food-grade	Thiamin	[50, 51]
Lactococcus, Leuconostoc	Food-grade	Thiamin	[52]
L. sanfranciscensis	Food-grade	Thiamine	[53]
L. lactis	Food-grade	Riboflavin	[60]
L. fermentum,	Food-grade	Riboflavin	[61]
Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Propionibacterium freudenreichii	Food-grade	Riboflavin	[62–65]
L. plantarum	Food-grade	Riboflavin	[41]
151 LAB strains	Food-grade	Folate	[40]
40 LAB strains	Food-grade	Folate	[43]
36 LAB strains	Food-grade	Folate	[42]
L. fermentum CECT 5716	Probiotic	Vit B2 and B9	[38]
LGG	Probiotic	Vit B1, B2 and B9	This study
B adolescentis DSM 18350	Probiotic	Folate	[83]

(Non exhaustive list)