Table 4 Various prebiotics recorded for affecting probiotic abundance in GIT environment

FOS

Lactobacillus, Bifidobacteria,

Ruminococcus, Faecalibacterium,

Oscillospira

–

[73]

Fractan*

Bifidobacteria, Anaerostipes

Bilophila

[107]

GOS

Bifidobacteria

Holdemania, Synergistes

Dehalobacterium, Ruminococcus,

[108]

Inulin

Actinobacteria

Clostridia

[109]

GOS

Bifidobacteria, Bacteroides,

Atopobium

–

[110]

Inulin (long chain)

Lactobacillus, Bifidobacteria,

Atopobium,

Bacteroides-Prevotella

[111]

Fractan*

Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus

–

[112]

FOS

Bifidobacterium

Salmonella, Phascolarctobacterium Enterobacter, Coprococcus, Turicibacter

[108]

-NAOS

Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus

Bacteroides, Enterococci,

Putrefactive bacteria

[113]

Alginate

Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus

[114]

Fucoidan

Lactobacteria

–

[115]

Fractan*

Bifidobacteria, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

Bacteroides, Propionibacterium

[77]

Oligos/PS in Ascophyllum biomass

Lactobacillus, E. coli

–

[116]

GOS

Bifidobacteria, Actinobaceria

Bacteroides

[117]

Oligo/PS in Gelidium extract

Bifidobacteria

–

[118]

Agave inulin

Actinobacteria, Bifidobacterium

Lachnobacterium, Desulfovibrio

Ruminococcus

[119]

Resistant starch Type 4

Bifidobacteria, Parabacteroides distasonis, Clostridia

–

[120]

Oligo/PS in Spirulina biomass

Bifidobacterium, L. casei, L. acidophilus, S. thermophillus

P. vulgaris, B. subtilis, B. pumulis

[29, 121]

Oligo/PS in Isochrysis biomass

Lactic acid bacteria

–

[122]