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. 2021 Mar 5;41:101933. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101933

Table 2.

The distribution of nitrate-sensitive bacteria among microbiome modules 1–8 (MM1-MM8) and module-driver species exceeding LDA score threshold of 2. Bold font indicates nitrate-sensitive module drivers. * No taxonomic unit exceeded LDA threshold of 2. PL, placebo; BR, nitrate.

Microbiome module Number of taxonomic units Nitrate-sensitive species (% change from PL to BR) Module-driver species
MM1
Turquoise
243 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (−37%)
Phycisphaera mikurensis (+118%)
Ruminococcus bromii (−56%)
Spirochaeta africana (-66%)
Clostridium botulinum
Selemonas ruminantium
Spirochaeta africana
MM2
Green
48 Atopobium parvulum (−60%)
Clostridium difficile (-79%)
Megasphaera elsdenii (-80%)
Prevotella intermedia (-46%)
Prevotella melaninogenica (−56%)
Ruminococcus torques (-78%)
Veillonella parvula (−63%)
Clostridium difficile
Megasphaera elsdenii
Prevotella intermedia
Ruminococcus torques
MM3
Pink
24 Tetragenococcus halophilus (−30%) *
MM4
Blue
71 Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus (−41%)
Clostridium phytofermentans (−47%)
Roseburia hominis (-52%)
Bacteroides vulgatus
Campylobacter curvus
Roseburia hominis
Tannerella forsythia
MM5
Yellow
57 Capnocytophaga orchracea (+96%)
Flavobacterium indicum (+183%)
Neisseria lactamica (+175%)
Neisseria meningitidis (+305%)
Nitrosococcus halophilus (+115%)
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (+109%)
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria lactamica
Nitrosococcus halophilus
Riemerella anatipestifer
MM6
Brown
71 Rothia mucilaginosa (+259%) Rothia mucilaginosa
Streptococcus pyogenes
MM7
Red
46 *
MM8
Black
24 *
Unassigned
Grey
26 Leptothrix cholodnii (+628%)
Variovax paradoxus (+544%)