COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-mediated antibodies in human breast milk and their association with breast milk microbiota composition

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Citation
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Authors
Zhao S, Lok KYW, Sin ZY, Peng Y, Fan HSL, Nagesh N, Choi MSL, Kwok JYY, Choi EPH, Zhang X, Wai HK, Tsang LCH, Cheng SSM, Wong MKL, Zhu J, Mok CKP, Ng SC, Chan FKL, Peiris M, Poon LLM, Tun HM
Journal
NPJ vaccines
Year
2023
Newborns can acquire immunological protection to SARS-CoV-2 through vaccine-conferred antibodies in human breast milk. However, there are some concerns around lactating mothers with regards to potential short- and long-term adverse events and vaccine-induced changes to their breast milk microbiome composition, which helps shape the early-life microbiome. Thus, we sought to explore if SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine could change breast milk microbiota and how the changes impact the levels of antibodies in breast milk. We recruited 49 lactating mothers from Hong Kong who received two doses of BNT162b2 vaccine between June 2021 and August 2021. Breast milk samples were self-collected by participants pre-vaccination, one week post-first dose, one week post-second dose, and one month post-second dose. The levels of SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific IgA and IgG in breast milk peaked at one week post-second dose. Subsequently, the levels of both antibodies rapidly waned in breast milk, with IgA levels returning to baseline levels one month post-second dose. The richness and composition of human breast milk microbiota changed dynamically throughout the vaccination regimen, but the abundances of beneficial microbes such as Bifidobacterium species did not significantly change after vaccination. Additionally, we found that baseline breast milk bacterial composition can predict spike-specific IgA levels at one week post-second dose (Area Under Curve: 0.72, 95% confidence interval: 0.58-0.85). Taken together, our results identified specific breast milk microbiota markers associated with high levels of IgA in the breast milk following BNT162b2 vaccine. Furthermore, in lactating mothers, BNT162b2 vaccines did not significantly reduce probiotic species in breast milk.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2023/10/17

Curator: Cabidog

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, ChiomaBlessing, Folakunmi, Cabidog, KateRasheed

Subjects

Location of subjects
China
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Breast , Milk Mamma,Mammary part of chest,Mammary region,Breast,breast,Mammary gland milk,Milk,milk
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to vaccine , Timepoint Response to vaccine,response to vaccine,Timepoint,timepoint
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Mothers at pre-vaccination timepoint
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Mothers at post vaccination timepoints
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Breastfeeding mothers at post vaccination timepoints; one week post-first dose, one week post second-dose, one month post-second dose.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
44
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
44

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
LEfSe
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
1.5


Signature 1

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Curated date: 2023/10/22

Curator: Folakunmi

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Source: figure 1g

Description: The most differentially abundant taxa in mothers throughout all post-vaccination timepoints; at one week post-first dose, one week post-second dose and one month post-second dose.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Mothers at post vaccination timepoints

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Acinetobacter ursingii   
Roseomonas gilardii   
unclassified Brevundimonas   
unclassified Gordonia (in: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria)   
unclassified Paracoccaceae   

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Curated date: 2023/10/22

Curator: Folakunmi

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Source: figure 1g

Description: The most differentially abundant taxa in mothers throughout all post-vaccination timepoints; at one week post-first dose, one week post-second dose and one month post-second dose.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Mothers at post vaccination timepoints

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Helicobacter rodentium   
unclassified Allobaculum   
unclassified Muribaculaceae   
unclassified Ralstonia   
unclassified Turicibacter   

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Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2023/10/22

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, ChiomaBlessing, Folakunmi, KateRasheed

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to vaccine Response to vaccine,response to vaccine
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Low IgA mothers at Baseline
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
High IgA mothers at Baseline
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Breastfeeding mothers with high IgA at baseline
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
25
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
18

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.004
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2023/10/22

Curator: Folakunmi

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Source: Figure 2d

Description: Taxonomic differences in baseline microbiota between high- and low-IgA subjects.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in High IgA mothers at Baseline

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Actinomyces massiliensis   
Bacillota sensu stricto incertae sedis   
Cutibacterium granulosum   
Endobacter medicaginis   
Fusobacterium   
Neisseria elongata   
Prevotella histicola   
Ruminococcus callidus   
Stutzerimonas balearica   
unclassified Actinobacillus   
unclassified Aggregatibacter   
unclassified Alishewanella   
unclassified Arachnia   
unclassified Castellaniella   
unclassified Monoglobus   
unclassified Neisseria   
unclassified Oscillospiraceae   
unclassified Stomatobaculum   
unclassified Sutterella   
unclassified Terrisporobacter   

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Curated date: 2024/02/15

Curator: ChiomaBlessing

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Source: Figure 2d

Description: Taxonomic differences in baseline microbiota between high- and low-IgA subjects.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in High IgA mothers at Baseline

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Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii   
unclassified Acinetobacter   
unclassified Brevundimonas   

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Experiment 3


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Curated date: 2023/10/22

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, ChiomaBlessing, Folakunmi, KateRasheed

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Low IgA mothers at one week post-second dose
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
High IgA mothers at one week post-second dose
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Breastfeeding mothers with high IgA at one week after receiving the second dose of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2).

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2023/10/22

Curator: Folakunmi

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Source: Figure 3d

Description: Taxonomic differences in microbiota one week post-second dose between high- and low-IgA subjects

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in High IgA mothers at one week post-second dose

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Bifidobacterium bifidum   
Candidatus Marinarcus aquaticus   
Streptococcus parasuis   
unclassified Acidaminococcus   
unclassified Bifidobacterium   
unclassified Corynebacterium   
unclassified Dorea   
unclassified Eubacterium   
unclassified Gemmobacter   
unclassified Holdemanella   
unclassified Leucobacter   
unclassified Neptunomonas   
unclassified Rhodobacter   
unclassified Subdoligranulum   
unclassified Vibrio   

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Curated date: 2024/02/15

Curator: ChiomaBlessing

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Source: Figure 3d

Description: Taxonomic differences in microbiota one week post-second dose between high- and low-IgA subjects

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in High IgA mothers at one week post-second dose

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Acinetobacter soli   
unclassified Brevundimonas   

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Experiment 4


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Curated date: 2023/10/24

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, ChiomaBlessing, Folakunmi, KateRasheed

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Mothers at pre-vaccination timepoint (baseline)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Mothers at one week post-first dose
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Breastfeeding mothers at one week after receiving the first dose of BNT162b2 vaccine.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
44
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
44

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
1.5

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
increased

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2023/10/24

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): Folakunmi, ChiomaBlessing, WikiWorks

Source: supplementary table 3

Description: differential abundance of mothers one week after first dose of BNT162b2 when compared to baseline.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Mothers at one week post-first dose

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Acinetobacter radioresistens   
Acinetobacter soli   
Acinetobacter ursingii   
Caldibacillus thermoamylovorans   
Empedobacter brevis   
Eubacterium ventriosum   
Haemophilus haemolyticus   
Haemophilus parahaemolyticus   
Roseomonas gilardii   
unclassified Actinobacillus   
unclassified Anoxybacillus   
unclassified Bacillus (in: firmicutes)   
unclassified Bergeyella   
unclassified Brevundimonas   
unclassified Duganella   
unclassified Empedobacter   
unclassified Enhydrobacter   
unclassified Flavobacterium   
unclassified Janthinobacterium   
unclassified Microbacterium   
unclassified Paracoccaceae   
unclassified Providencia   
unclassified Pseudarthrobacter   
unclassified Shewanella   
unclassified Sphingomonadaceae   
unclassified Sphingomonas   
Clostridiales bacterium CHKCI001   
unclassified Gordonia (in: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria)   
unclassified Sphingobacterium   
unclassified Allorhizobium-Neorhizobium Pararhizobium-Rhizobiumunclassified Allorhizobium-Neorhizobium Pararhizobium-Rhizobium

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Curated date: 2024/02/15

Curator: ChiomaBlessing

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Source: Supplementary Table 3

Description: Differential abundance of mothers one week after first dose of BNT162b2 when compared to baseline.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Mothers at one week post-first dose

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Acinetobacter baumannii   
Lactobacillus intestinalis   
unclassified Allobaculum   
unclassified Bacilli   
unclassified Comamonadaceae   
unclassified Fusicatenibacter   
unclassified Parabacteroides   
unclassified Ralstonia   
unclassified Turicibacter   
unclassified Muribaculaceae   

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Experiment 5


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Curated date: 2023/10/24

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, ChiomaBlessing, Folakunmi, KateRasheed

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Mothers at one week post-second dose
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Breastfeeding mothers at one week post-second dose of BNT162b2 vaccine.
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
43

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2023/10/24

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): Folakunmi, ChiomaBlessing, WikiWorks

Source: supplementary table 3

Description: differential abundance of mothers at one week post second dose of BNT162b2 when compared to baseline.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Mothers at one week post-second dose

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Acinetobacter baumannii   
Acinetobacter soli   
Acinetobacter ursingii   
Brevundimonas olei   
Epilithonimonas hominis   
Faucicola atlantae   
Moraxella porci   
Paenibacillus macerans   
Peredibacter starrii   
Prevotella melaninogenica   
Roseomonas gilardii   
unclassified Acinetobacter   
unclassified Actinobacillus   
unclassified Brevundimonas   
unclassified Chitinophagaceae   
unclassified Gemmobacter   
unclassified Gordonia (in: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria)   
unclassified Klebsiella   
unclassified Leptotrichia   
unclassified Megamonas   
unclassified Nautella   
unclassified Neptunomonas   
unclassified Ochrobactrum   
unclassified Paracoccaceae   
unclassified Peptoniphilus   
unclassified Serratia (in: enterobacteria)   
unclassified Vogesella   
uncultured Clostridia bacterium   
uncultured Paraburkholderia sp.   
Clostridiales bacterium   
unclassified Eubacterium (in: firmicutes)   
unclassified Pseudarcobacter   
unclassified Sandaracinobacter   

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Curated date: 2024/02/15

Curator: ChiomaBlessing

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Source: Supplementary Table 3

Description: Differential abundance of mothers one week after second dose of BNT162b2 when compared to baseline.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Mothers at one week post-second dose

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Anaerococcus nagyae   
Anaerococcus octavius   
Arthrobacter russicus   
Bacteroides caecimuris   
Phocaeicola plebeius   
Phocaeicola vulgatus   
Clostridiaceae bacterium   
unclassified Oscillospiraceae   
Cutibacterium granulosum   
Helicobacter rodentium   
Ligilactobacillus aviarius   
Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis   
Rothia sp. (in: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria)   
unclassified Eubacterium   
unclassified A0389unclassified A0389
unclassified Akkermansia   
unclassified Alcaligenes   
unclassified Allobaculum   
unclassified Bacilli   
unclassified Bacteroides   
unclassified Castellaniella   
unclassified Bacillota   
unclassified Colidextribacter   
unclassified Coriobacteriaceae   
unclassified Desulfovibrionaceae   
unclassified Dubosiella   
unclassified Faecalibacterium   
unclassified Haliangium   
unclassified Halomonadaceae   
unclassified Halomonas   
unclassified Kurthia   
unclassified Lachnospiraceae   
unclassified Lactobacillus   
unclassified Muribaculaceae   
unclassified Parabacteroides   
unclassified Parasutterella   
unclassified Peptostreptococcaceae   
unclassified Prevotellaceae   
unclassified Quinella   
unclassified Ralstonia   
unclassified Romboutsia   
unclassified SUP05_clusterunclassified SUP05_cluster
unclassified Sutterella   
unclassified Treponema   
unclassified Turicibacter   
uncultured Odoribacter sp.   

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Experiment 6


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Curated date: 2023/10/24

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, ChiomaBlessing, Folakunmi, KateRasheed

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Mothers at one month post second-dose
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Breastfeeding mothers at one month post second-dose of BNT162b2 vaccine.
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
44

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2023/10/24

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, ChiomaBlessing, Folakunmi, Chinelsy

Source: supplementary table 3

Description: differential abundance of mothers at one month post second dose of BNT162b2 when compared to baseline.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Mothers at one month post second-dose

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Acinetobacter ursingii   
Campylobacter showae   
Clostridiales bacterium   
Dubosiella newyorkensis   
Epilithonimonas hominis   
Marinobacterium marisflavi   
Faucicola atlantae   
Neisseria elongata   
Prevotella histicola   
Prevotella melaninogenica   
Teichococcus aestuarii   
Roseomonas gilardii   
Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila   
unclassified Acidovorax   
unclassified Aeromicrobium   
unclassified Atopobium   
unclassified Brevundimonas   
unclassified Corynebacteriaceae   
unclassified Dermacoccaceae   
unclassified Formosa   
unclassified Gordonia (in: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria)   
unclassified Lachnoanaerobaculum   
unclassified Microvirga   
unclassified Moraxella   
unclassified Neisseriaceae   
unclassified Novosphingobium   
unclassified Paracoccaceae   
unclassified Pasteurellaceae   
unclassified Pediococcus   
unclassified Caryophanaceae   
unclassified Pseudarcobacter   
unclassified Rhizobiaceae   
unclassified Serratia (in: enterobacteria)   
unclassified Skermanella   
unclassified Sphingomonas   
unclassified Tepidimonas   
uncultured Clostridia bacterium   
un-Allorhizobium-Neorhizobium Pararhizobium-Rhizobiumun-Allorhizobium-Neorhizobium Pararhizobium-Rhizobium
unclassified chloroplastunclassified chloroplast

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Curated date: 2024/02/16

Curator: ChiomaBlessing

Revision editor(s): ChiomaBlessing, Joan Chuks, WikiWorks

Source: Supplementary Table 3

Description: Differential abundance of mothers at one month post second dose of BNT162b2 when compared to baseline.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Mothers at one month post second-dose

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Anaerococcus octavius   
Aquabacterium citratiphilum   
Arthrobacter russicus   
Bacteroides caecimuris   
Bacteroides fragilis   
Clostridiaceae bacterium   
Comamonas aquatica   
Enterococcus cecorum   
Helicobacter rodentium   
Leptotrichia sp.   
Ligilactobacillus aviarius   
Phocaeicola coprocola   
Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis   
Rothia sp. (in: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria)   
Ruminococcus flavefaciens   
unclassified Aerococcus   
unclassified Akkermansia   
unclassified Alcaligenes   
unclassified Alistipes   
unclassified Allobaculum   
unclassified Anaerococcus   
unclassified Bacillota   
unclassified Bacteria   
unclassified Bacteroides   
unclassified Bdellovibrio   
unclassified Castellaniella   
unclassified Coriobacteriaceae   
unclassified Desulfovibrionaceae   
unclassified Dialister   
unclassified Dubosiella   
unclassified Enterobacteriaceae   
unclassified Enterococcus   
unclassified Exiguobacterium   
unclassified Faecalibacterium   
unclassified Faecalitalea   
unclassified Flaviflexus   
unclassified Haliangium   
unclassified Halomonadaceae   
unclassified Halomonas   
unclassified Holdemanella   
unclassified Klebsiella   
unclassified Lachnoclostridium   
unclassified Lachnospiraceae   
unclassified Lautropia   
unclassified Microbacterium   
unclassified Monoglobus   
unclassified Oscillibacter   
unclassified Oscillospiraceae   
unclassified Parasutterella   
unclassified Prevotellaceae   
unclassified Quinella   
unclassified Ralstonia   
unclassified Romboutsia   
unclassified Roseburia   
unclassified Ruminococcus   
unclassified Saccharofermentans   
unclassified Treponema   
unclassified Turicibacter   
uncultured Odoribacter sp.   
unclassified A0389unclassified A0389
unclassified NK4A214_groupunclassified NK4A214_group
unclassified SUP05_clusterunclassified SUP05_cluster
uncultured Muribaculaceae bacterium   

Revision editor(s): ChiomaBlessing, Joan Chuks, WikiWorks