Table 3 Differentially abundant genera in obesity/metabolic diseases

3 or more papers with lean-associated

Faecalibacterium (13,3) [18,19,20, 22, 26, 44, 46, 58, 59, 66, 69, 71, 72]

Bifidobacterium (6) [20,21,22, 57, 58, 68]

Alistipes (10) [20, 26, 44, 53, 58,59,60, 68, 76, 77]

Odoribacter (6) [29, 44, 59, 60, 77, 78]

Prevotella (5,6) [26, 38, 67, 72, 73, 75]

Roseburia (4) [53, 63, 66, 68, 69, 79]

Akkermansia (9) [23, 28, 36, 44, 45, 47, 49, 65, 70]

Oscillospira (6) [20, 36, 68, 70, 75, 77]

Bacteroides (6,4) [18, 24, 26, 41, 43, 44, 46, 48, 69, 72]

Clostridium (4) [20, 38, 46, 49, 53, 72]

Turicibacter (3)

Oscillibacter (4)

Ruminococcus (4, 5) [20, 23, 39, 44, 49, 62, 63, 68, 69]

Eubacterium (3) [20, 44, 68]

Dialister (4,4) [19, 20, 36, 50, 55, 70, 72, 79]

Desulfovibrio (3) [18, 20, 44]

Lactobacillus (3,6) [19, 21, 38, 46, 57, 60]

Anaerotruncus (3)

Coprococcus (3, 5) [18, 23, 44, 48, 63, 68, 69, 71]

Blautia (3,6) [38, 39, 44, 48, 73, 74]

2 papers with lean-associated

Streptococcus (4)

Bilophila

Holdemania

Oxalobacter

Lachnospira (3)

Methanobrevibacter

Fusobacterium (4) [18, 20, 22, 44]

Acholeplasma

gemmiger

1 paper with lean-associated

Sutterella

Veillonella

Phascolarctobacterium (3)

Megasphaera

Staphylococcus

Haemophilus

Dorea (4)

Megamonas

Rothia

Anaerostipes

Collinsella (3)

Adlercreutzia

Pseudomonas

Parabacteroides

Acidaminococcus (3)

Parasutterella

Lactococcus

Klebsiella

Haemophilus

0 paper with lean-associated

Succinivibrio (3) [38, 69, 78]

SMB53

Alloprevotella

Escherichia (3) [57, 60, 68]

Porphyromonas

Lachnospiraceae incertae sedis

Peptoniphilus

Burkholderiales

Mitsuokella

Escherichia-Shiguela

Catenibacterium

Bacillus

Aggregatibacter