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. 2020 Jun 1;17:19. doi: 10.1186/s12989-020-00349-z

Table 1.

Studies using animal models to determine the impact of NPs on the gut microbiota

Ag-NP TiO2-NP SiO2-NP ZnO-NP
Duration (days) ≤14 ≥28 7 ≥28 7 ≤14 ≥28
Actinobacteria ↗[104]
Bifidobacterium (g) ↙[105]
Corynebacterium (g) ↙[106]
Rhodococcus (g) ↙[104]
Bacteroidetes ↗[107] ↗[105] or ↙[108] ↙[107] ↙[104] ↙[107] ↙[109] ↗[110]
Bacteroidaceae (f) ↙[108] ↗[110]
Bacteroides (g) ↗[105] or ↙[108] ↙[107] ↙[107] ↗[110]
Bacteroides uniformis ↙[106]
Odoribacteraceae (f) ↙[108]
Prevotellaceae (f) ↙[109]
Prevotella (g) ↗[107] ↙[104] ↗[107] ↙[109]
Rikenellaceae (f) ↗[108] ↙[110]
Alistipes (g) ↗[107] ↗[107] ↙[110]
S24–7 (f) ↙[108] ↙[109]
Barnesiella (g) ↙[104]
Firmicutes ↙[107] ↙[105] or ↗[108] ↙[104] ↗[107] ↗colon, ↙ileum [109] ↙[110]
Bacillaceae (f) ↗[109]
Bacillus (g) ↗[109]
Christensenellaceae (f) ↙[106]
Erysipelotrichaceae (f) ↙[104]
Turicibacter (g) ↙[104] ↗[111]
Lachnospiraceae (f) ↙[107] ↗[108] ↗[107]
Blautia (g) ↗[108]
Coprococcus (g) ↗[108]
Coprococcus eutatus ↙[106]
Lactobacillaceae (f) ↗[108] ↗colon, ↙ileum [109] ↙[110, 111]
Lactobacillus (g) ↙[107] ↙[105] or ↗[108] ↙[104] ↙[107] ↗colon, ↙ileum [109] ↙[110, 111]
Peptococcaceae (f) ↙[106]
Ruminococcaceae (f) ↗[107]
Oscillospira (g) ↙[106] ↙[109]
Streptococcaceae (f) ↗[109]
Streptococcus (g) ↗[109]
Clostridium (g) ↙[106] ↗[111]
Dehalobacterium (g) ↙[106]
Oscillibacter (g) ↗[107]
SMB53 (g) ↗[111]
Proteobacteria ↗[104] ↗[107] ↗[109] ↙[111]
Enterobacteriaceae (f) ↗[105]
Escherichia/Shigella (g) ↗[104]
Halomonadaceae (f) ↗[109]
Halomonas (g) ↗[109]
Aggregatibacter pneumotropica ↙[106]

 Studies using NPs at human relevant doses