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Lactococcus lactis: its interactions

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Microbes 29

  • Escherichia coli
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the biotin, folate and 3 more compounds L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bifidobacterium bifidum
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the biotin, folate and 2 more compounds L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the menaquinone and riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bifidobacterium longum
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the biotin, folate and 2 more compounds L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the menaquinone and riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bifidobacterium adolescentis
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the biotin, folate and vitamin b6 L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the menaquinone and riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bifidobacterium breve
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate, thiamine and vitamin b6 L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Streptococcus thermophilus
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate, thiamine and vitamin b6 L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bacillus subtilis
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the riboflavin and vitamin b6 L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Buchnera aphidicola
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the l-leucine and l-methionine L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Enterococcus faecalis
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the folate and riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Lacticaseibacillus paracasei
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the folate and riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate and riboflavin L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Lactobacillus delbrueckii
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the folate and riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Lactobacillus helveticus
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the thiamine and vitamin b6 L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Ligilactobacillus salivarius
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the folate and riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Limosilactobacillus fermentum
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate and riboflavin L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bifidobacterium animalis
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the folate L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bifidobacterium catenulatum
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bifidobacterium dentium
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the menaquinone L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Corynebacterium glutamicum
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the glutamate L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Cutibacterium acnes
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the menaquinone L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Enterococcus faecium
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the folate L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Haemophilus parainfluenzae
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the menaquinone L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Klebsiella pneumoniae
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the riboflavin L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Lactobacillus acidophilus
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as able to use the riboflavin L. lactis makes. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the folate L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Leuconostoc mesenteroides
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the riboflavin L. lactis uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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Metabolites 47

  • Trehalose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 24 of 24 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (56 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • Maltose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 23 of 24 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (119 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (119 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • D-ribose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 22 of 24 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (49 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (49 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Arginine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 19 of 20 strains BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Esculin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 19 of 19 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Glucose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 18 of 18 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (152 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (152 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Lactose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 18 of 23 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (92 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (92 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • D-mannose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 16 of 16 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (87 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (87 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Cellobiose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 15 of 15 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (81 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • D-galactose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 15 of 15 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (76 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (76 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Fructose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 15 of 15 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (79 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (79 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (79 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 242 Oct 2026
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  • N-acetylglucosamine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 15 of 15 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Salicin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 15 of 15 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Alpha-cyclodextrin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 13 of 17 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Arbutin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 12 of 15 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Methyl beta-d-glucopyranoside
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 10 of 18 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Sucrose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 10 of 24 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (103 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • Xylose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 10 of 19 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (55 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • Gentiobiose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 9 of 13 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Starch
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 8 of 13 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (57 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • Amygdalin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 7 of 14 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • D-mannitol
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 7 of 24 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (47 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • Chitin
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 74 Oct 2026
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  • Folate
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 127NJC19 ref 129NJC19 ref 303NJC19 ref 54 Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 207 Oct 2026
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  • Lactate
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (107 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (107 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 156NJC19 ref 242 Oct 2026
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  • Menaquinone
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 54 Oct 2026
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  • Xylooligosaccharides
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 6 of 6 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Gluconate
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 5 of 15 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Hippurate
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 5 of 18 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • D-arabinose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 4 of 24 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (59 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • Glycogen
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 3 of 24 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Riboflavin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 144NJC19 ref 65 Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 54 Oct 2026
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  • Thiamine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 144NJC19 ref 207 Oct 2026
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  • Acetate
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (120 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 295 Oct 2026
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  • Biotin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 144 Oct 2026
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  • Ethanol
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (46 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 295 Oct 2026
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  • Formate
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (56 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 295 Oct 2026
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  • Glycerol
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 14 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • L-Glutamate
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 670 Oct 2026
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  • L-Histidine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 670 Oct 2026
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  • L-Leucine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 670 Oct 2026
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  • L-Methionine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 670 Oct 2026
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  • Niacin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 144 Oct 2026
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  • Nitrate
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 13 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Pantothenic acid
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 144 Oct 2026
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  • Vitamin B6
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 144 Oct 2026
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  • Xylooligosaccharides (XOS)
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 135 Oct 2026
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5 metabolites it can't eat Genome analysis (AGORA2)
Inulin Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 6 genomes
Resistant starch Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 6 genomes
Starch Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 6 genomes
Pectin Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 6 genomes
Gut mucus Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 6 genomes
Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.
17 metabolites it can't make Genome analysis (AGORA2)
Butyrate Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 6 genomes
Propionate Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 6 genomes
Succinate Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 6 genomes
Secondary bile acids Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 6 genomes
Thiamin Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 6 genomes
Niacin Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 6 genomes
and 11 more Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

Life factors 1

  • ↑ Vegetarian
    Life factors · Food and diet Shown in a study Higher in vegetarians than vegans A noteworthy study Fackelmann 2025
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2 life factors studied, nothing found Studies whose tables list every microbe they tested
Coffee Studied, no clear difference· Manghi 2024
Omnivore Studied, no clear difference· Fackelmann 2025
Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

Health 2

  • ↓ COVID-19
    Health · Condition Compared within datasets · Seen again and again Less common in people with it GMrepo, compared within datasets PRJDB13214PRJNA624223PRJNA689961 Oct 2026
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  • ↑ Obesity
    Health · Condition Compared within datasets · Seen once More common in people with it GMrepo, compared within datasets PRJNA1125836 Oct 2026
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29 conditions compared, nothing found Our analysis of GMrepo data
Colorectal cancer Compared, no clear difference· 10 studies
Crohn's disease Compared, no clear difference· 8 studies
Ulcerative colitis Compared, no clear difference· 7 studies
Parkinson's disease Compared, no clear difference· 6 studies
Chronic fatigue syndrome Compared, no clear difference· 3 studies
Autism spectrum disorder Compared, no clear difference· 2 studies
and 23 more Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

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