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. 2022 Feb 8;10(2):395. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10020395

Table 2.

Dietary effect on the composition of the microbiome.

Enterotypes Biological Activities Favorable Substance/s
Bacteroides

  • saccharolytic, proteolytic

  • biotin, riboflavin, pantothenate and ascorbate synthesis

 proteins and fats
Prevotella

  • mucin/glycoprotein degrading

  • thiamine and folate synthesis [2].

 high fiber diet
Ruminococcus

  • mucin/glycoprotein degrading.

  • transmembrane transport of sugars

 Sugars

Adapted after [22,160].