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. 2019 Apr 17;6:48. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00048

Table 1.

Vitamin B family producing bacteria.

Vitamins Forms Bacteria References
B1 Thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) Bacteroides fragilis
Prevotella copri
Clostridium difficile
Lactobacillus casei
Lactobacillus curvatus
Lactobacillus plantarum
Ruminococcus lactaris
Bifidobacterium infantis
Bifidobacterium bifidum
Fusobacterium varium
(10, 3133)
B2 Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) Flavin mononucleotide
(FMN)
Bacteroides fragilis
Prevotella copri
Clostridium difficile
Lactobacillus plantarum
Lactobacillus fermentum
Ruminococcus lactaris
(10, 3436)
B3 Nicotinic acid Nicotinamide Bacteroides fragilis
Prevotella copri
Ruminococcus lactaris
Clostridium difficile
Bifidobacterium infantis
Helicobacter pylori
Fusobacterium varium
(10, 32)
B5 Free pantothenic acid Bacteroides fragilis
Prevotella copri
Ruminococcus lactaris
Ruminococcus torques
Salmonella enterica
Helicobacter pylori
(10)
B6 Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) Bacteroides fragilis
Prevotella copri
Bifidobacterium longum
Collinsella aerofaciens
Helicobacter pylori
(10, 32)
B7 Free biotin Bacteroides fragilis
Lactobacillus helveticus
Fusobacterium varium
Campylobacter coli
(10, 37)
B9 Tetrahydrofolate (THF) Bacteroides fragilis
Prevotella copri
Clostridium difficile
Lactobacillus plantarum
Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus
Lactobacillus reuteri
Streptococcus thermophilus Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
Fusobacterium varium
Salmonella enterica
(10, 3841)
B12 Adenosylcobalamin Bacteroides fragilis
Prevotella copri
Clostridium difficile
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Ruminococcus lactaris
Propionibacterium freudenreichii
Lactobacillus plantarum
Lactobacillus coryniformis
Lactobacillus s reuteri
Bifidobacterium animalis
Bifidobacterium infantis
Bifidobacterium longum
Fusobacterium varium
(10, 32, 33, 4245)