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Table 6 Changes in the gut microbiome

From: The relationship between the gut microbiome and resistance training: a rapid review

Reference

Results

Microbial changes

Diversity

Other gut-related changes

Moore et al., 2022 [39]

Genera: Bacillus

Lactobacillus

Clostridium

Streptococcus

Bifidobacterium

Alpha diversity ↔

Beta diversity ↔

SCFA production ↔

Mucin biosynthesis ↑

Mucin degradation ↔

LPS ↔

Zonulin ↓

Moitinho-Silva et al., 2021 [40]

-

Alpha diversity ↔

Beta diversity ↔

-

Bycura et al., 2021 [41]

↔ in RE group

Only individuals who experience

high 3RM squats change had ↑ genera Ruminococcus, Lachnospiraceae, Turicibacter and Clostridium

The individuals who experience low 3RM squats

change had ↑ Siccibacter, Bacteroides, Bacteroides B, Alistipes, Oscillibacter

Alpha diversity ↔

Beta diversity ↔

-

Morita et al., 2019 [42]

Genera Bacteroides

Prevotella

Bifidobacterium

Lactobacillales

Clostridium cluster XVIII

Clostridium cluster XI

Clostridium cluster IX

Clostridium cluster IV

Clostridium subcluster XIVa

-

-

Aaman et al., 2020 [43]

Patients who did not improve their muscle strength had ↑ Proteobacteria (Piscirickettsiaeae, Hyphomonadaceae, Caulobacterales)

Alpha diversity ↔

-

Szurkowska et al., 2021 [44]

Bifidobacterium spp.

Bacteroides spp.

Akkermansia muciniphila

Faecalibacterium prasnitzii

-

Fecal pH ↑ in bodybuilders

Jang et al., 2019 [45]

Bodybuilders: Faecalibacterium

Sutterella

Clostridium

Haemophilus

Eisenbergiella

Bifidobacterium

Parasutterella

-

-