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Megasphaera elsdenii: its interactions

Everything we hold for this microbe: the microbes it lives with, the metabolites it eats and makes, life factors and health. Click any dot to centre the map on it.

Metabolites 12

  • D-mannitol
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 2 of 2 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (47 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (47 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Glucose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 2 of 2 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) 1 of 1 strain 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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  • Butyrate
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (48 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • D-gluconate (Entner-Doudoroff pathway)
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • D-maltose
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain 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
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 2 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (119 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • Fructose
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain 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
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  • Lactate
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain 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 From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain 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
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  • Nitrate
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 2 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Propionate
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (48 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Pyruvate
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Sucrose
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (103 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Xylose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 2 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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6 metabolites it can't eat Genome analysis (AGORA2)
Inulin Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 1 genome
Resistant starch Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 1 genome
Starch Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 1 genome
Pectin Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 1 genome
Lactose Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 1 genome
Gut mucus Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 1 genome
Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.
18 metabolites it can't make Genome analysis (AGORA2)
Succinate Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 1 genome
Formate Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 1 genome
Secondary bile acids Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 1 genome
Thiamin Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 1 genome
Riboflavin Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 1 genome
Niacin Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 1 genome
and 12 more Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

Life factors 0

3 diets compared, nothing found Studies whose tables list every microbe they tested
Omnivore Compared, no clear difference· Fackelmann 2025
Vegan Compared, no clear difference· Fackelmann 2025
Vegetarian Compared, no clear difference· Fackelmann 2025
Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

Health 1

  • ↓ High blood pressure
    Health · Condition Compared within datasets · Seen once Less common in people with it GMrepo, compared within datasets PRJNA509999 Oct 2026
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8 conditions compared, nothing found Our analysis of GMrepo data
Colorectal cancer Compared, no clear difference· 10 studies
Ulcerative colitis Compared, no clear difference· 7 studies
Parkinson's disease Compared, no clear difference· 6 studies
COVID-19 Compared, no clear difference· 3 studies
Chronic kidney failure Compared, no clear difference· 2 studies
Gestational diabetes Compared, no clear difference· 2 studies
and 2 more Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.