Table 3.
Change in the Mean Relative Abundance of fibre-degrading bacterial species in the guts of COVID-19-infected patients. Bacterial phyla and species were identified in the faeces after next-generation sequencing. Reference control is the phyla and species found in healthy guts.
| Phylum | Species | Percent Reduction in Mean Relative Abundance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 Infected | ||||
| Asymptomatic | Mild | Severe | ||
| Bacteroidetes | * Bacteroides plebeius | 29.3 | 62.2 | 96.6 |
| Firmicutes | Faecalibacterium prausnitzii | 3.32 | 27.9 | 50.59 |
| Firmicutes | Roseburia faecis | 54.70 | 77.24 | 85.87 |
| Firmicutes | Roseburia inulinivorans | 85.2 | 41.52 | 96.17 |
| Firmicutes | Dorea formicigenerans | 30.12 | 69.87 | 61.44 |
| Firmicutes | Lachnospira pectinoschiza | 61.29 | 77.71 | 96.77 |
| Firmicutes | Pseudobutyrivibrio xylanivorans | 50.0 | Absent(100) | Absent(100) |
| Firmicutes | Clostridium ruminantium | 59.09 | Absent(100) | Absent(100) |
| Firmicutes | Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum | 40 | 90.09 | Absent(100) |
| Percent increase in Mean Relative abundance | ||||
| Actinobacteria | Bifidobacterium sp | 87.61 | 126.43 | 347.24 |
* Agarose and Porphyran degrading gut bacteria.