Table 2 The twelve amalgams of the gut microbiome and their description

V1

Tyzzerella, Lachnospiraceae FCS020 group, Howardell, Prevotellaceae NK3B31 group, Alloprevotella, Coprobacillus, Intestinibacter, NB1-n uncultured bacterium, Family XIII AD3011 group, Prevotella 7, Uncultured Thermoanaerobacterales bacterium, Hafnia, Eubacterium, Bacteroidales S24-7 group uncultured organism, Lactobacillus, Fusobacterium, Veillonellaceae uncultured bacterium, Peptococcus

Lachnospiraceae-dominant community I

V2

Lachnospiraceae FE2018 group, Lachnoclostridium, Ruminococcus 2, Ruminococcaceae UCG-009, Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-003, Defluviitaleaceae UCG-011

Lachnospiraceae- and Ruminococcaceae-dominant community

V3

Lachnospiraceae NC2004 group, Tyzzerella 4, R-7 group, Christensenellaceae uncultured bacterium, Clostridium sensu stricto 1, Veillonella, Anaerotruncus, Staphylococcus, Mollicutes RF9 uncultured bacterium, Pediococcus

Lachnospiraceae- and Christensenellaceae-dominant community

V4

Ruminiclostridium 5, Ruminococcaceae UCG-010, Coriobacteriaceae uncultured bacterium, Slackia, [Eubacterium] hallii group, Peptoclostridium, Akkermansia, Lactococcus, Erysipelotrichaceae Incertae Sedis, [Eubacterium] nodatum group, Prevotellaceae uncultured bacterium, Robiginitalea, Pseudomonas, Bacteroidales S24-7 group uncultured bacterium

Ruminococcaceae- and Coriobacteriaceae-dominant community

V5

Erysipelotrichaceae bacterium 21_3, Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-004, Bacteroides, Anaerostipes, Clostridiales vadinBB60 group uncultured organism, Coprobacter, Megasphaera, boneC3G7 uncultured bacterium

Erysipelotrichaceae-dominant community I

V6

Roseburia, Lachnoclostridium 5, Hungatella, Streptococcus, Terrisporobacter, Oscillospira, Uncultured Mollicutes bacterium, Acidaminococcus, Haemophilus, Acinetobacter

Lachnospiraceae-dominant community II

V7

Turicibacter, Holdemanella, Catenibacterium, Ruminococcaceae UCG-002, Flavonifractor, Allisonella, Megamonas, Gastranaerophilale uncultured bacterium, Escherichia-Shigella, Eggerthella, Phascolarctobacterium, Clostridiales vadinBB60 group uncultured bacterium, Lachnospiraceae uncultured bacterium, Prevotellaceae UCG-003, Desulfovibrio, Anaeroplasma

Erysipelotrichaceae-dominant community II

V8

Fusicatenibacter, Tyzzerella 3, Eisenbergiella, Ruminococcaceae UCG-013, Butyricicoccus, Parasutterella, Sutterella, Erysipelatoclostridium, Solobacterium, Prevotellaceae UCG-001, Enterococcus, Thalassospira, Enterorhabdus

Lachnospiraceae-dominant community III

V9

Intestinimonas, Ruminiclostridium 6, Ruminiclostridium 1, Lachnospiraceae NK4A136 group, Lachnospiraceae UCG-001, Butyricimonas, Rikenellaceae RC9 gut group, Senegalimassilia, Raoultella, NB1-n uncultured organism, Mitsuokella, Paraprevotella

Ruminococcaceae-dominant community I

V10

Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcaceae UCG-004, Ruminiclostridium, Ruminococcaceae UCG-009, Ruminiclostridium 9, Blautia, [Eubacterium] ventriosum group, Bilophila, Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-003, Defluviitaleaceae UCG-011, Prevotella 9, Collinsella

Ruminococcaceae-dominant community II

V11

Pseudobutyrivibrio, [Ruminococcus] gauvreauii group, [Eubacterium] ruminantium group

Lachnospiraceae community

V12

Odoribacter, Porphyromonadaceae uncultured, Barnesiella, Subdoligranulum, Ruminococcaceae UCG-003, Asteroleplasma, Methanobrevibacter, Opitutae vadinHA64 uncultured bacterium, Lachnospiraceae UCG-003, Dialister, Alistipes

Porphyromonadaceae-dominant community

V0

Lachnospiraceae UCG-004, Lachnospiraceae UCG-005, Lachnospiraceae UCG-008, Dorea, Coprococcus 1, Coprococcus 2, Lachnospiraceae, uncultured, Lachnospira, Marvinbryantia, Shuttleworthia, Ruminococcaceae NK4A214 group, Ruminococcaceae UCG-005, Ruminococcaceae UCG-014, [Eubacterium] coprostanoligenes group, Ruminococcaceae uncultured bacterium, Ruminococcus 1, Rhodococcus, Bifidobacterium, Parabacteroides, Faecalitalea, Victivallis, Cloacibacillus, Enterobacter, Prevotella 2, Succiniclasticum

Group of unassigned genera