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. 2022 Jul 25;14(15):3049. doi: 10.3390/nu14153049

Table 4.

The impact of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on gut microbiota.

Reference [17] [58] [151] [78] [79] [52] [53] [54] [59] [152] [56] [57] [155] [55] [159] [77] Total
α-diversity
Richness - N - - - - - N N - N - 0 4
Diversity - N - N - - - - N N - - N - 0 2
β-diversity S - - N - - - S S S N N S - N - S = 5
Phylum
Bacteroidetes 3 3
Verrucomicrobia 1 1
Firmicutes 6 0
Proteobacteria 1 1
Actinomycetes 2 0
Cyanobacteria 1
Deferribacteres 1
Genus
Bifidobacterium 0 2
Bacteroides 1 1
Parabacteroides 1 0
Lactobacillu 2 2
Prevotella 0 1
Turicibacter 1 0
Akkermansia 0 1
Adlercreutzia 0 1
Barnesiella 0 1
Rhodococcus 1 0
Lawsonia 1 0
Allobaculum 1 0
Enterobacteria 1 0
Acetobacteria 1 0
Species
Clostridium leptum 0 1
Clostridium cocleatum 1 0
Bacteroides ovatus 0 1

Abbreviations: “↑”—higher α-diversity or bacteria are more abundant; “↓”—Lower α-diversity or bacteria are less abundant; S—significant difference found in β-diversity.