Table 4.
Various prebiotics recorded for affecting probiotic abundance in GIT environment
| Prebiotic components | Induced bacteria | Suppressed bacteria | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOS |
Lactobacillus, Bifidobacteria, Ruminococcus, Faecalibacterium, Oscillospira |
– | [73] |
| Fractan* | Bifidobacteria, Anaerostipes | Bilophila | [107] |
| GOS | Bifidobacteria |
Holdemania, Synergistes Dehalobacterium, Ruminococcus, |
[108] |
| Inulin | Actinobacteria | Clostridia | [109] |
| GOS |
Bifidobacteria, Bacteroides, Atopobium |
– | [110] |
| Inulin (long chain) |
Lactobacillus, Bifidobacteria, Atopobium, |
Bacteroides-Prevotella | [111] |
| Fractan* | Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus | – | [112] |
| FOS | Bifidobacterium | Salmonella, Phascolarctobacterium Enterobacter, Coprococcus, Turicibacter | [108] |
| -NAOS | Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus |
Bacteroides, Enterococci, Putrefactive bacteria |
[113] |
| Alginate | Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus | [114] | |
| Fucoidan | Lactobacteria | – | [115] |
| Fractan* | Bifidobacteria, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii | Bacteroides, Propionibacterium | [77] |
| Oligos/PS in Ascophyllum biomass | Lactobacillus, E. coli | – | [116] |
| GOS | Bifidobacteria, Actinobaceria | Bacteroides | [117] |
| Oligo/PS in Gelidium extract | Bifidobacteria | – | [118] |
| Agave inulin | Actinobacteria, Bifidobacterium |
Lachnobacterium, Desulfovibrio Ruminococcus |
[119] |
| Resistant starch Type 4 | Bifidobacteria, Parabacteroides distasonis, Clostridia | – | [120] |
| Oligo/PS in Spirulina biomass | Bifidobacterium, L. casei, L. acidophilus, S. thermophillus | P. vulgaris, B. subtilis, B. pumulis | [29, 121] |
| Oligo/PS in Isochrysis biomass | Lactic acid bacteria | – | [122] |
*Fractan: matching Inulin structure