Table 2.

Species-specific metabolic fingerprint from acidic sterolbiomes in animals and humans.

	Chickens	Donkeys	Horses	Rabbits	Pigs	Boars	Dogs	Cattle	Mice	Humans
CA	●			○			●	○
CDCA	†	●●	●	○			○
DCA		●	●	†	○		†	†	†	†
HDCA				○	†	●●	●		●
LCA	○			●	●●	†	●●	●	●
MCA									●●
UDCA	○			○	●		●	●
12-oxo CA				○			●
3-oxo CDCA	●
7-oxo CDCA	●●						○
3,7-dioxo CDCA	●						○
3-oxo DCA	○	†		●			○			●
(12β)3-oxo DCA				○						●
12-oxo DCA	○			○			●			●●
3,12-dioxo DCA				●	○		○			●
3-oxo HCA
3/6-oxo HDCA				○	●●	●●
3,6-dioxo HDCA				●	○	●
3-oxo LCA	○	●	†	●	●	●●	○
oxo MCA									●
3-oxo UDCA			●	○	●	●●				○

○ corresponds to a relative abundance < 1%, ● corresponds to a relative abundance < 10%, ●● corresponds to a relative abundance higher than 10%, † is used to highlight the most abundant compound.