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Table 1 The comparison of sex-related gut microbiota composition differences in various country

From: Assess the diversity of gut microbiota among healthy adults for forensic application

Country

Males

Females

α diversity

Age of subjects

References

China

Escherichia_shigella,Rodentibacter, Caproiciproducens

Anaerofusis, Intestinibacter

F > M

20–30

This study

Japan

Prevotella, Megamonas, Fusobacterium, Megasphaera

Bifidobacterium, Ruminococcus, Akkermansia

NS*

20–89

[18]

Netherlands

12 specific microbial species were significantly associated with sex, including Akkermansia muciniphila, Lachnospiraceae bacterium, Subdoligranulum, Eggerthella, Collinsella aerofaciens, Eubacterium eligens, Gordonibacter pamelaeae, Lachnospiraceae bacterium, Bifidobacterium longum, Alistipes, onderdonkii, Bilophila

F > M

18–81

[31]

Spanish

Clostridium, Coprococcus, Dorea, Lachnospira, Roseburia, Veillonella

Bacteroides, Barneciellaceae, Butyricimonas, Parabacteroides, Rikenellaceae

NS

20–75

[30]

  1. NS represented no statistically significant differences