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. 2021 Feb 25;13(3):732. doi: 10.3390/nu13030732

Table 4.

Gut-residing bacteria found to correlate with the production of amino acid metabolites (AAMs).

AAM Taxa Study
Taurine Alistipes HGB5, Alistipes finegoldii, Bacteroides xylanisolvens [45]
GABA Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides, Lactobacillus; Lactobacillus brevis [41,97]
GABA, lactate E. coli HT115-strain [144]
Serotonin Candida, Streptococcus, Escherichia, Enterococcus, Pseudomonas [135,184]
Serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Escherichia [135]
Serotonin, dopamine Clostridiales incertae sedis [150]
Norepinephrine Escherichia, Bacillus, Saccharomyces [184]
Dopamine Bacillus [184]
Acetylcholine Lactobacillus [184]
4EPS, p-cresol (sulphate) Clostridium [36,140,142]
P-cresol (sulphate) Clostridiaceae (Clostridium I, IV, IX, XI, XIII, XIVa, XVI), Bacteroidaceae, Coriobacteriaceae [109,137]
P-cresol, phenylacetylglutamine Oscillospira, Ruminococcus, Mogibacteriaceae, Christensellaceae, Clostridiales, Akkermansia [132]
Dextrorphan O-glucuronide, 3-methyldioxyindole(F4) Christensenella, Candidatus arthromitus [150]
TRYP6
(Kynurenine, quinolinate, indole, IAA, IPA, tryptamine)
Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Fusobacteria [135]
Quinolinate, indole, IAA, IPA, tryptamine Clostridium [135]
Kynurenine, quinolinate, indole, IAA, IPA Burkholderia [135]
Kynurenine, quinolinate, IAA, tryptamine Streptomyces, Pseudomonas, Bacillus [135]
IAA Bacillus, Klebsiella, Ralstonia, Staphylococcus [135]
Indole Bacteroides, Citrobacter, Clostridium_XIX, Desulfitobacterium, Edwardsiella, Escherichia, Fusobacterium, Providencia, Shigella [135]
Parabacteroides distasonis, Megasphaera massiliensis
E. coli
[87]
[155]
IPA Clostridium, Escherichia, Proteus [135]
Kynurenine Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Burkholderia, Streptomyces [135]
Quinolinate Klebsiella, Bacillus, Burkholderia [135]
Tryptamine Holdemania, Tyzzerella, Desulfovibrio, Yersinia, Bacillus, Clostridium, Ruminococcus [135]
Indole, indoxyl-(3)-sulphate, IPA, indole-(3)-aldehyde Lactobacillus reuteri [182]

GABA = gamma-aminobutyric acid; TRYP6 = six Trp metabolism pathways generating the neuroactive metabolites in brackets (“); 4EPS = 4-ethylphenylsulfate; IAA = indole-acetic acid; IPA = indole-propionic acid. References are listed as numbers in brackets.