Table 6 Effects of scFOS/OF supplementation on microbiota composition and/or fermentative activity

Male Wistar rats

11.8% E fat, 69.4% E CHO (starch or fructose)

10% OF

4 w

↑ caecum weight

↑ caecal SCFA (pool) content: ↓ acetate, ↑ propionate and butyrate

ND

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C57BL/6J female mice, depleted or not in n-3 PUFA

14.3% E fat, 58.9% E CHO

0.2g OF/ d

24 d

↑ caecal tissue and content weight

Caecum (STD diet):

↑Bifidobacterium spp., Bacteroides-Prevotella

↓ Lactobacillus spp.

Caecum (n-3 depleted diet):

↑Bifidobacterium spp., Lactobacillus spp.

= Bacteroides-Prevotella

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Male C57BL/6J gnotobiotic mice

34.9% E fat, 26.3% E CHO

10% scFOS

6 w

↑ empty and full caecum weight

Faeces:

↑ Bifidobacteria, C. coccoides

↓ C. leptum, ratio Bacteroides-Prevotella: C. coccoides

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Male Sprague-Dawley rats, DIO

9.8% E fat, 77.5% E CHO

3% OF

6 w

ND

Caecum:

↑ Total bacteria

↑ Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides/Prevotella,

↓ C. leptum, C. cluster XI,

↓ % Firmicutes, ratio Firmicutes: Bacteroidetes

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Male Sprague-Dawley rats, DIO

9.8% E fat, 77.5% E CHO

10% OF

8 w

↑ caecum weight

Caecum:

↑ Bacteroides spp., Lactobacillus spp., Bifidobacterium spp., B. animalis

↓ C. coccoides, C. leptum, Clostridium Cluster XI and I, Enterobacteriaceae

↓ Ratio Firmicutes: Bacteroidetes

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Male Wistar rats – PX - 407

9.8% E fat, 77.5% E CHO

10% or 15% scFOS

6 w

ND

Caecum:

↑ Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli

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Male Sprague Dawley rats, DIO

g/100g: casein (20.0), sucrose (49.9), soybean oil (10.0), lard (10.0)

10% OF

7 w

↑ empty caecum weight

Faeces:

↑ Total bacteria

↑ Bifidobacterium spp.

↓ C. leptum

= Lactobacillus spp., C. coccoides, Bacteroides/Prevotella

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Male Wistar rats, Streptozotocin

20.4% E fat, 59.9% E CHO

10% scFOS

2 – 6 w

↑ caecum weight

Caecum:

↑ Bifidobacteria, Lactobacilli

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Ob/ob C57BL/6 mice

60% E fat, 20% E CHO

10% OF

5 w

↑ caecum and colon weight

Caecum (qPCR):

= Total bacteria

↑ Bifidobacterium spp., E. rectale/

C. coccoides group

↓ Firmicutes and Roseburia spp.

= Bacteroidetes, Lactobacillus spp., Bacteroides-Prevotella group

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