Table 1 Characteristics of species used in this study.
Strain | Gram | Size (length – width, μm) | Shape & Occurrence | Phylum, family | Reference (Species size) | 16S rRNA copy number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron DSM 2079 | – | 1.0–2.0 × 0.7–1.0 | Oval bacillus Single or pairs | Bacteroidetes, Bacteroidaceae | Eggerth et al. 1932 [63] | 5 |
Bacteroides uniformis RCC 1835 | – | 0.8 × 1.5 | Bacillus Single | Bacteroidetes, Bacteroidaceae | Eggerth et al. 1932 [63] | 4 |
Bifidobacterium adolescentis RCC 1139 | + | 4.0–6.0 × 1.0 | Y or bifid | Actinobacteria, Bifidobacteriaceae | Kim et al. 2010 [64] | 4 |
Bilophila wadsworthia RCC 662 | – | 0.7–1.1 × 1.0 -10.0 | Bacillus Pleomorphic | Proteobacteria, Desulfovibrionaceae | Baron et al. 1989 [65] | 4 |
Blautia hydrogenotrophica DSM 10507 | + | 0.6–0.7 | Coccobacillus Pairs | Firmicutes, Lachnospiraceae | 1 | |
Collinsella aerofaciens RCC 1366 | + | 0.3–0.7 × 1.2 - 4.3 | Cocci Chain of 6-120 cells | Actinobacteria, Coriobacteriaceae | Kageyama et al. 1999 [67] | 5 |
Escherichia coli* DSM 6050 | - | 1.0–2.0 × 0.5 | Bacillus Single | Proteobacteria, Enterobacteriaceae | Riley, 1999 [68] | 7 |
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii DSM 17677 | – | 0.5–0.8 × 2.0–9.0 | Bacillus | Firmicutes, Clostridiales | Duncan et al. 2002 [69] | 6 |
Parabacteroides merdae RCC 643 | – | 0.8–1.6 × 1.2–12 | Bacillus Single | Bacteroidetes, Porphyromonadaceae | Sakamoto et al. 2006 [70] | 7 |
Prevotella copri DSM 18205 | – | 0.83 × 0.91–0.99 | Bacillus Single | Bacteroidetes, Prevotellaceae | Hayashi et al. 2007 [71] | 4 |
Roseburia intestinalis DSM 14610 | Gram variable(+) | 0.5 × 1.5–3.0 | Bacillus | Firmicutes, Lachnospiraceae | Duncan et al. 2002 [72] | 6 |
Ruminococcus bromii RCC 1377 | + | 0.7–1.1(diameter) | Cocci Pairs and chains up to 8 cells | Firmicutes, Ruminococaceae | Moore et al. 1972 [73] | 4 |
