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Rikenella microfusus: 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 5

  • Glucose
    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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  • Lactose
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain 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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  • Mannose
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain 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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  • Melibiose
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 1 of 1 strain Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (39 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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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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5 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
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.
20 metabolites it can't make Genome analysis (AGORA2)
Butyrate Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 1 genome
Lactic acid 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
and 14 more Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

Life factors 1

  • ↑ Omnivore
    Life factors · Food and diet Shown in a study Higher in omnivores than vegans A noteworthy study Fackelmann 2025
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1 diet compared, nothing found Studies whose tables list every microbe they tested
Vegetarian Compared, no clear difference· Fackelmann 2025
Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

Health 0

1 condition compared, nothing found Our analysis of GMrepo data
Crohn's disease Compared, no clear difference· 8 studies
Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.