(b) Microbial species identified in the small intestine of CD1 mice of 12 weeks of treatment with sweeteners.

Group	Number of identified strains	Key of strains	Fragment size (bp)	% of Similarity in BLAST	Number access in GenBank	Identified Strains
Control B	6	CtB-1	1401	97	NR_075022	Enterococcus hirae strain ATCC 9790
		CtB-2	1408	98	NR_104284	Bacillus muralis strain LMG 20238
		CtB-2s	1393	98	AB33945	Bacillus pumilus strain NBRC 12092
		CtB-3	1398	99	NR_042161	Bacillus ruris strain R-6760
		CtB-3s	1395	98	NR_118146	Lysinibacillus mangiferihumi strain M-GX 18
		CtB-4s	1398	99	NR_043314	Pseudomonas moraviensis strain 1B4
Sucrose B	12	SacB-2s	1400	99	NR_116578	Micrococcus yunnanensis strain YIM 65004
		SacB-2	1405	97	GU252112	Bacillus megaterium strain ATCC 14581
		SacB-3	1396	99	NR_074923	Bacillus licheniformis strain ATCC 14580
		SacB-3s	1395	100	NR_121761	Bacillus toyonensis strain BCT-7112
		SacB-4	1407	99	NR_114270	Rummeliibacillus stabekisii strain NBRC 104870
		SacB-4s	1396	98	NR_075022	Enterococcus hirae strain ATCC9790
		SacB-6s	1393	98	NR_075022	Enterococcus hirae strain ATCC9790
		SacB-7	1410	100	NR_117562	Enterococcus lactis strain BT 159
		SacB-8	1406	99	NR_118381	Bacillus pumilus strain SBMP2
		SacB-9	1396	99	KT719422	Rummeliibacillus stabekisii strain MER_TA_13
		SacB-9s	1407	99	NR_121761	Bacillus toyonensis strain BCT-7112
		SacB-10	1409	99	NR_114270	Rummeliibacillus stabekisii strain NBRC 104870
Splenda® B	3	SucB-1s	1403	99	KY992565	Staphylococcus xylosus strain 2B
		SucB-3s	1406	99	KY316471	Bacillus cereus strain ZLynn1000-57
		SucB-4	1408	99	MF040255	Bacillus pumilus strain LMB3G14
Svetia® B	3	StB-1s	1415	99	NR_024668	Staphylococcus lugdunensis strain ATCC43809
		StB -4s	1415	99	NR_112845	Oceanobacillus sojae strain Y27
		StB -6	1402	100	AB681259	Bacillus safensis strain NBRC 100820
Total	24