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. 2021 Mar 18;13(3):223. doi: 10.3390/toxins13030223

Table 1.

Microbial families that are more and less abundant in ESRD containing phosphotransbutyrylase, butyrate kinase, urease, tryptophanase, and p-cresol producing enzymes [42].

Gut Microbiota Enzyme Possessed by Bacteria
Phylum Family
More abundant in ESRD Actinobacteria Cellulomonadaceae urease
Dermabacteraceae urease
Microccaceae urease
Firmicutes Clostridiaceae urease;
tryptophanase;
p-cresol production enzymes
Proteobacteria Polyangiaceae urease
Alteromonadaceae urease
Enterobacteriaceae urease;
tryptophanase;
p-cresol production enzymes
Methylococcaceae urease
Halomonadaceae urease
Moraxellaceae urease
Pseudomonadaceae urease
Xanthomonadaceae urease
Verrucomicrobia Verrucomicrobiaceae urease;
tryptophanase
Less abundant in ESRD Bacteroidetes Prevotellaceae phosphotransbutyrylase;
butyrate kinase
Firmicutes Lactobacillaceae Phosphotransbutyrylase;
butyrate kinase
Proteobacteria Alcaligenaceae -