Adlercreutzia equolifaciens | Bacteria
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Taxonomic level
Bacteria
Actinobacteriota
Coriobacteriia
Coriobacteriales
Eggerthellaceae
Adlercreutzia
Adlercreutzia equolifaciens
The species name "equolifaciens" from Adlercreutzia equolifaciens translates to "equol maker". Equol is a powerful antioxidant that has been associated with a protective effect in postmenopausal symptoms, cardiovascular and neurological diseases, osteoporosis and cancers. A. equolifaciens make Equol when supplied with Isoflavones, which can be found abundantly in soy and soy-products.
Assessment
Beneficial
 
74%
of Healthy Europeans have it.
 
3.74%
is the highest relative amount we have seen.
Detected in
7/7
reference groups.
Median amount detected:
Users, all
0.09%
Users, high diversity
0.09%
Users, low diversity
0.05%
Overweight
0.03%
Obese
0.02%
Healthy Europeans
<0.01%
Non-industrial lifestyle
0%
Adlercreutzia equolifaciens is one of 4,565 microbes we look for in our microbiome test. If you would like to find out whether this microbe is present in your own gut, then consider if our test is something for you—it will answer that, and more.
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