Table 3 Spearman’s correlation coefficients among specific gut bacteria and predicted genes related to uremic toxin synthesis pathways in the L. acidophilus KBL409 group

From: Lactobacillus acidophilus KBL409 improves serum indoxyl sulfate via gut microbial changes in a human study

Genus

Gene (encoded protein)

Coefficient

P-value

Blautia

aroF, aroG, aroH (3-deoxy-7-phosphoheptulonate synthase)

0.2587

0.0331

 

tyrB (aromatic amino acid transaminase)

0.3151

0.0089

 

aroD (3-dehydroquinate dehydratase I)

0.4186

0.0004

Butyricicoccus

pheA2 (prephenate dehydratase)

0.2395

0.0492

 

aroA1, aroA (chorismate mutase)

0.2457

0.0434

 

aroD (3-dehydroquinate dehydratase I)

0.2564

0.0348

 

pheC (cyclohexadienyl dehydratase)

0.2743

0.0236

 

tyrB (aromatic amino acid transaminase)

0.3663

0.0021

Lachnospiraceae UCG-004

aroD (3-dehydroquinate dehydratase I)

0.3205

0.0077

 

trpA (tryptophan synthase alpha chain)

0.3312

0.0058

 

trpB (tryptophan synthase beta chain)

0.3349

0.0052

 

kynB (arylformamidase)

0.3549

0.0030

 

pheC (cyclohexadienyl dehydratase)

0.3804

0.0014

Megamonas

trpB (tryptophan synthase beta chain)

0.4119

0.0005

 

trpG (anthranilate synthase component II)

0.4186

0.0004

 

pheA2 (prephenate dehydratase)

0.4318

0.0002

 

kynB (arylformamidase)

0.4383

0.0002

 

tyrB (aromatic amino acid transaminase)

0.5455

<0.0001