Application of Sequence-Dependent Electrophoresis Fingerprinting in Exploring Biodiversity and Population Dynamics of Human Intestinal Microbiota: What Can Be Revealed?

Table 3

Selection of dietary intervention studies using SDE-based community fingerprinting.

Component^a	Administered component	Reference(s)^b
p	Levan-type exopolysaccharides, levan, inulin and FOS	[111]
p	GOS and FOS	[75]
p	Difructose anhydride III (DFA III)	[72, 73]
P	Lactobacillus rhamnosus DR20	[76, 88]
P	Lactobacillus paracasei F19	[98]
P	VSL#3^® (probiotic mixture of eight strains)	[110]
P	Bifidobacterium longum (Bifina^®) and yogurt with Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010	[179]
y	Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus	[68]
p, P	Inulin or B. longum (Bifina^®)	[180]
pP	Inulin-containing probiotic yogurts	[127]
pP	GOS-containing probiotic yogurt	[69]
p, P, pP	GOS and/or Bifidobacterium lactis Bb-12	[100]
p, P, pP	Lactulose and/or Saccharomyces boulardii	[90]
o	Black tea	[120]
o, op, oP	Isoflavones and FOS or B. animalis DN-173 010	[105]

^ap: prebiotic; P: probiotic; pP: synbiotic; y, yogurt; o: other.^bAll studies used DGGE as SDE method except in [105], where TTGE was used.