Table 3.
Assessment of the microflora in the included studies.
| Author | Bacteria included in our analyses | Sample | Unit | Microbiology assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parracho (35) | Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus | Fecal | Relative abundance | FISH (Cy3-labeled 16S rRNA probes) |
| Kang (29) | Akkermansia, Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium, Parabacteroides, Ruminococcus | Fecal | Percentage | Pyrosequencing |
| Finegold (36) | Akkermansia, Bacteroides, Clostridium, Faecalibacterium, Parabacteroides, Ruminococcus | Fecal | Percentage | Pyrosequencing |
| Inoue (37) | Akkermansia, Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Clostridium, Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcus, Parabacteroides | Fecal | Percentage | Pyrosequencing |
| Strati (30) | Akkermansia, Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Clostridium, Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcus, Parabacteroides | Fecal | Percentage | Pyrosequencing |
| Wang (34) | Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, E. coli, Enterococcus, Lactobacillus | Fecal | Relative abundance | QPCR (various bacterial primers) |
| De Angelis (23) | Akkermansia, Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Clostridium, Enterococcus, Faecalibacterium, Parabacteroides, Ruminococcus | Fecal | Percentage, relative abundance | Pyrosequencing |
| Adams (32) | Bifidobacterium, E. coli, Enterococcus, Lactobacillus | Fecal | Relative abundance | Culture (colony-forming units) |
| Gondalia (33) | E. coli | Fecal | Relative abundance | Culture (colony-forming units) |
FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; rRNA, ribosomal ribonucleic acid; QPCR, real-time quantitative PCR detecting system.