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. 2017 Dec 1;12(2):610–622. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2017.196

Table 2. OTUs from 454 sequencing analysis of fermentation 1 exhibiting a significant increase on specific NDCs and pH values (P<0.001, see Supplementary Table S2a).

OTU no. Closest relative bacterial species (BLAST) Identity Non-digestible carbohydrate
      pH 5.5 pH 6.5
Otu0002 Faecalibacterium prausnitzii 99% Apple pectina, b Apple pectina, b
        Carob galactomannana, b
Otu0003 Clostridium spiroforme 93% Laminarina, b  
Otu0005 Bacteroides uniformis 100%   Pyrodextrina, b
        Laminarina, b
        Guar galactomannana, b
Otu0006 Blautia faecis 99% Rhamnosea, b Rhamnosea, b
Otu0010 Fusicatenibacter saccharivorans 99% Laminarina  
      Carob galactomannana, b  
Otu0013 Subdoligranulum variabile 99% Arabinoxylana, b  
Otu0017 Oscillibacter ruminantium 96%   Rhamnogalacturonana
Otu0018 Dorea longicatena 99% Pullulan  
      Guar galactomannan  
      Medium-chain inulina, b  
Otu0024 Lactobacillus rogosae 96% Rhamnogalacturonana  
      Guar galactomannan  
Otu0026 Parabacteroides merdae 98%   Guar galactomannana
Otu0027 Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron 99%   Barley β-glucana
Otu0031 Unclassified   Carob galactomannana  
      Guar galactomannan Guar galactomannana
Otu0037 Unclassified   Rhamnogalacturonana  
Otu0041 Flavonifractor plautii 96% Pullulana Rhamnogalacturonana
Otu0043 Eubacterium ventriosum 98% Pyrodextrin  
      Pullulana  
      Laminarina  
Otu0045 Bacteroides ovatus 100%   Barley β-glucana
Otu0055 Clostridium bolteae 97% Rhamnogalacturonan  

Abbreviations: NDC, non-digestible dietary carbohydrate; OTU, operational taxonomic unit.

a

Also significant after removal of samples with <97% Good’s coverage.

b

Also significant after subsampling to lowest coverage (426 sequence reads).