Enrichment of Lactic Acid-Producing Bacteria in the Fecal Microbiota of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis in North India

Table 2

Microbial genus abundance and characteristics.

Genera	Median abundance			Characteristics
	Active	Healthy	Remission
Other	9.59	12.09	11.86
Prevotella_9	6.54	10.47	7.06	Gram negative, anaerobe, propionate
Others	23.28	8.82	34.75
Dialister	2.86	6.78	2.44	Gram negative, anaerobe, propionate
Roseburia	0	6.45	1.53	Anaerobe, butyrate producer
Faecalibacterium	6.37	5.95	6.21	Gram positive, anaerobe, mesophilic, butyrate
Bifidobacterium	12.51	5.91	12.03	Gram positive, anaerobe, opportunistic pathogen, lactic acid-producing bacteria (LAB)
Ruminococcaceae_UCG_002	0	5.66	0	Anaerobe, butyrate producer
Collinsella	4.7	3.85	3.74
Lactobacillus	11.74	3.53	10.17	Gram positive, aerotolerant anaerobes, opportunistic pathogen, LAB
Uncultured_bacterium	0	3.03	0
Bacteroides	6.36	2.74	0	Gram negative, obligate anaerobe
Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group	0	2.58	0
Streptococcus	10.19	2.3	6.61	Gram positive, most are facultative anaerobes, opportunistic pathogen, LAB
Uncultured	0	2.27	0
Ruminococcus_2	0	2.17	0	Anaerobe, butyrate producer
Blautia	1.41	1.87	2.41	Gram positive, anaerobe, butyrate producer
Alloprevotella	0	1.66	0	Gram negative, anaerobe, propionate
Dorea	0.87	1.63	1.2	Gram positive, anaerobe, propionate
Ruminococcaceae_UCG_014	0	1.35	0	Anaerobe, butyrate producer
Escherichia_Shigella	0	1.18	0
Prevotella_2	0	1.14	0	Gram negative, anaerobe, propionate
Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group	0	0.99	0	Gram positive, anaerobe, butyrate producer
Ruminococcaceae_UCG_005	0	0.82	0	Anaerobe, butyrate producer
Prevotella_7	0	0.81	0	Gram negative, anaerobe, propionate
Ruminococcus_1	0	0.8	0	Anaerobe, butyrate producer
Coprococcus_2	0	0.79	0	Anaerobe, butyrate producer
Romboutsia	3.58	0.77	0	Gram positive, obligate anaerobe
Christensenellaceae_R_7_group	0	0.71	0
Enterorhabdus	0	0.5	0
Ruminococcaceae_NK4A214_group	0	0.39	0	Anaerobe, butyrate producer