“…According to the structural characters of SPs discussed in this review, these results also indicate that the glycosidic linkage type of SPs may mainly affect the diversity, composition, and metabolism of the gut microbiota (Shang, Shan, et al., 2016; Shang, Sun, et al., 2017). Nonetheless, the sulfation patterns and polymerization degrees may play a curial role in the modulation of SPs to affect the microbial ecology (Li, Li, Mao, Yan, et al., 2019; Shang, Sun, et al., 2017; Sun et al., 2019; Wu et al., 2020). Therefore, how intestinal microbiota utilize specific polysaccharides needs to be determined.…”