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. 2019 Oct 4;317(6):H1173–H1182. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00312.2019

Table 2.

Bacterial taxa altered by dietary sodium with their full classification

Phylum/Class Order Family Genus Species Reference
Rodent taxa reduced in abundance following a high sodium diet (3.15–5% Na; 14 days to 8 wk)
Actinobacteria
    Actinobacteria Actinomycetales Micrococcaceae Rothia Wilck et al. (71)
Bacteroidetes
    Bacteroidia Bacteroidales Rikenellaceae Alistipes Wang et al. (69)
S24–7 Wang et al. (69)
Firmicutes
    Bacili Lactobacillales Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus Wilck et al. (71)
Wang et al. (69)
Miranda et al. (48)
Lactobacillus murinus Wilck et al. (71)
    Clostridia Clostridiales Clostridiaceae Unclassified Miranda et al. (48)
Lachnospiraceae Anaerostipes Bier et al. (8)
Clostridium XIVa Wilck et al. (71)
Johnsonella Wilck et al. (71)
Oscillospiraceae Oscillibacter Wilck et al. (71)
Ruminococcaceae Wang et al. (69)
Family unassigned Pseudoflavonifractor Wilck et al. (71)
Human taxa reduced in abundance following a high sodium diet (5,500 mg Na/day; 14 days)
Firmicutes
    Bacili Lactobacillales Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus Wilck et al. (71)
Rodent taxa increased in abundance following a high-sodium diet
Actinobacteria
    Actinobacteria Actinomycetales Corynebacteriaceae Bier et al. (8)
Bacteroidetes
    Bacteroidia Bacteroidales Prevotellaceae Wilck et al. (71)
Rikenellaceae Alistipes Wilck et al. (71)
Firmicutes
    Clostridia Clostridiales Christensenellaceae Bier et al. (8)
Lachnospiraceae Roseburia Wang et al. (69), Miranda et al. (48)
Oscillospiraceae Oscillospira Miranda et al. (48)
Oscillibacter Wang et al. (69)
Ruminococcaceae Ruminococcus Wang et al. (69)
Proteobacteria
    Betaproteobacteria Burkholderiales Sutterellaceae Parasutterella spp Wilck et al. (71)
    Gammaproteobacteria Enterobacteriales Enterobacteriaceae Erwinia Bier et al. (8)
Verrucomicrobia
    Verrucomicrobiae Verrucomicrobiales Verrucomicrobiaceae Akkermansia Wilck et al. (71)

Bacterial taxa found to be altered in the original publication are in boldface.