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. 2020 Apr 16;12(4):1107. doi: 10.3390/nu12041107

Table 2.

Examples of commensal and probiotic microorganisms producing SCFAs and lactic acid [5].

Microorganism/s Type Acid/s References
Bifidobacterium spp., Blautia hydrogentrophica, Prevotella spp., Streptococcus spp. commensal acetic [33]
Akkermansia muciniphilia, Bacteroides spp., commensal acetic, propionic [33,34]
Dalister succinatiphilus, Eubacterium spp. (e.g., E. halli), Megasphaera elsdenii, Phascolarctobacterium succinatutens, Roseburia spp., Salmonella spp., Veillonella spp. commensal propionic [34]
Coprococcus spp. (e.g., Coprococcus catus), Roseburia inulinivorans commensal propionic, butyric [34,35,36]
Anaerostipes spp., Coprococcus comes, Coprococcus eutactus, Clostridium symbiosum, Eubacterium rectale, Eubacterium hallii, Faecalibacterium spp. (e.g., Faecalibacterium prausnitzii), Roseburia spp. (e.g., Roseburia intestinalis) commensal butyric [33,34,35,36]
Clostridium spp., Ruminococcus spp. commensal acetic, propionic, butyric [33,34,36,37]
Bifidobacterium spp. probiotic acetic, lactic [38]
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), Lactobacillus gasseri PA 16/8 probiotic propionic, lactic [5]
Bifidobacterium longum SP 07/3, Bifidobacterium bifidum MF 20/5 probiotic acetic, propionic, lactic
Lactobacillus salivarius spp salcinius JCM 1230, Lactobacillus agilis JCM 1048 probiotic propionic, butyric, lactic [39]
Lactobacillus acidophilus CRL 1014 probiotic acetic, propionic, butyric, lactic [40,41,42,43]