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Cellulose
|
4
|
30
|
6
|
22
|
Bacteroides cellulosilyticus;
Eubacterium cellulosolvens;
Eubacterium rectale;
Ruminococcus albus;
Ruminococcus champanellensis;
Ruminococcus flavefaciens;
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Made by all plants
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Not digestible by humans
|
|
|
Glycogen
|
4
|
71
|
40
|
168
|
Alloprevotella tannerae;
Bacillus licheniformis;
Bacillus subtilis;
Bacteroides bouchesdurhonensis;
Bacteroides caccae;
Bacteroides congonensis;
Bacteroides fragilis;
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Meat, fungi
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Yes, but is first hydrolysed to glucose in the gut
|
|
|
Mannan
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
|
Yeast
|
Not digestible by humans
|
|
|
Pectin
|
9
|
30
|
11
|
27
|
Bacteroides cellulosilyticus;
Bacteroides pectinophilus;
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron;
Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens;
Clostridium beijerinckii;
Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum;
Eubacterium cellulosolvens;
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Non-woody plant material, apples, citrus fruit, rose hips
|
Not digestible by humans, at least not the natural form
|
|
|
Chitin
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Fungi (mushrooms), arthropods (crustaceans)
|
No, but humans do possess several chitinases that are associated with the immune system
|
|
|
Xylan
|
3
|
29
|
10
|
38
|
Bacteroides eggerthii;
Bacteroides xylanisolvens;
Bifidobacterium adolescentis;
Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis;
Prevotella ruminicola;
Roseburia intestinalis;
Ruminococcus albus;
|
Plant materials, algae
|
Not digestible by humans
|
|
|
Inulin
|
9
|
40
|
38
|
113
|
Actinomyces viscosus;
Anaerostipes hadrus;
Bacillus licheniformis;
Bacillus subtilis;
Bacteroides caccae;
Bacteroides mediterraneensis;
Bacteroides ovatus;
|
Many food plants, such as chicory roots, wheat, bananas and garlic
|
Not digestible by humans
|
|
|
Starch
|
15
|
116
|
71
|
268
|
Alloprevotella tannerae;
Anaerostipes caccae;
Bacillus cereus;
Bacillus licheniformis;
Bacillus subtilis;
Bacteroides bouchesdurhonensis;
Bacteroides caccae;
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Many carbohydrate sources that produce simple starch (potatoes, grains)
|
Digestible; hydrolysed to glucose in the gut
|
|
|
Pullulan
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
34
|
Abiotrophia defectiva;
Streptococcus agalactiae;
Streptococcus australis;
Streptococcus cristatus;
Streptococcus infantarius;
Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius;
Streptococcus infantis;
|
Produced by the fungus, Aureobasidium pullulans
|
Possibly digestible, but slowly. Likely digested by colonic bacteria rather than by human-derived enzymes
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