PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2019 January; 10(1): e0005. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2019 January 28. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10359.

Table 1.

Examples of Microbial Participation in the Fitness of Holobionts.

Contribution of Microbiota	Examples
Protection against pathogens	Plants, animals, humans
Provides essential nutrients to host	SCFAs, AAs, vitamins
Fat storage and obesity	Shown in mice, chickens, and humans
Development	Squid light organ, legume nodule, immune system, angiogenesis, muscle thickness
Behavior	Brain, metabolites, hormones, stress, autism, sleep, mating selection, group living
Detoxification of toxic substances	Plant and fungal toxins in food, heavy metals

AA, amino acids; SCFAs, short-chain fatty acids.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2019 January; 10(1): e0005. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2019 January 28. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10359