Actinomyces Details: NCBI 1654, high G+C gram-positive [genus]

Found in Oral Cavity

For the possible significance see Oral bacteria relative abundance in faeces increases due to gut microbiota depletion and is linked with patient outcomes, 2024

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| "Actinocladothrix" Affanassieff and Schulz 1889| "Discomyces" Rivolta 1878| Actinocladothrix| Actinomyces| Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nouioui et al. 2018| Discomyces

1. Normal Flora:

   • Many Actinomyces species are part of the normal microbial flora in the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, and genital tract of humans. In these settings, they contribute to the balance of the microbiota and may have beneficial roles.

2. Pathogenic Potential:

   • While Actinomyces species are generally commensal, some can become opportunistic pathogens. Actinomyces species can cause infections, most notably actinomycosis. Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative and granulomatous infection that can occur in various body sites, including the cervicofacial area, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis.

3. Actinomycosis:

   • Actinomycosis is characterized by the formation of abscesses, draining sinuses, and the presence of characteristic sulfur granules in the affected tissues. The condition often arises due to disruption of mucosal barriers, allowing Actinomyces to invade deeper tissues. Cervicofacial actinomycosis is one of the more common forms.

4. Dental Health:

   • Actinomyces species are commonly found in dental plaque and can be involved in dental caries and periodontal diseases. Maintaining good oral hygiene is important to prevent the overgrowth of potentially pathogenic bacteria.

5. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID):

   • In the genital tract, Actinomyces species have been associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), particularly in women with intrauterine devices (IUDs). This is considered a rare complication.

6. Endocarditis:

   • Actinomyces species have been implicated in infective endocarditis, particularly in individuals with pre-existing heart valve abnormalities.

7. Treatment:

   • Actinomycosis is typically treated with prolonged courses of antibiotics, often involving penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics. Surgical drainage and debridement may be necessary in severe cases.

Visuals of 18 Interactions with other bacteria of the same rank

The above data is from 1000 Healthy Individuals done using Shotgun(10 Millions reads) provide courtesy of Precision Biome.

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We deem lab specific values using values from the KM method for each specific lab to be the most reliable.

Desired Levels Suggestions for Actinomyces

• Lab Low and High are calculated using the formula that most labs use: Mean - 1.95 Standard Deviation to Mean + 1.95 Standard Deviation

These are values that are computed from lab specific samples and are in percentage

Lab	Frequency	Average	Median	Minimum	Maximum	Std.Dev.	Skew	25 - 75 Percentile	5 - 95 Percentile	Lab Ranges	Box-Plot-Whiskers	Harmonic Mean	Geometric Mean	Obs.
BiomeSight	0.6982	0.0162	0.005	0.001	3.265	0.0878	0.3822	0.003 - 0.01	0.001 - 0.0397	-0.155 - 0.1874	-0.0075 - 0.0205	0.0037	0.0059	2587
BiomeSightRdp	0.4074	0.0109	0.006	0.002	0.064	0.0178	0.8284	0.004 - 0.008	0.0025 - 0.037	-0.0238 - 0.0456	-0.002 - 0.014	0.0048	0.0063	11
CosmosId	0.8286	0.0757	0.018	0.002	0.713	0.159	1.0898	0.006 - 0.065	0.0024 - 0.3792	-0.2343 - 0.3858	-0.0825 - 0.1535	0.0082	0.0205	29
es-xenogene	0.2727	0.016	0.0135	0.0007	0.04	0.0132	0.5556	0.0102 - 0.0175	0.003 - 0.0345	-0.0098 - 0.0417	-0.0006 - 0.0284	0.0034	0.0098	6
Medivere	1	0.0041	0.0032	0.0017	0.0078	0.0023	1.1984	0.0025 - 0.0055	0.0018 - 0.0073	-0.0003 - 0.0086	-0.0021 - 0.0101	0.0031	0.0036	7
SequentiaBiotech	0.2778	0.0787	0.059	0.0163	0.2178	0.0622	0.9475	0.039 - 0.1136	0.0205 - 0.1777	-0.0425 - 0.1999	-0.0729 - 0.2256	0.0459	0.0601	10
Thorne	0.9471	0.0065	0.0048	0.0001	0.0378	0.0055	0.9257	0.0031 - 0.0083	0.0017 - 0.017	-0.0043 - 0.0173	-0.0047 - 0.0161	0.0028	0.0049	179
Thryve	0.7871	0.0192	0.0075	0.0001	1.3541	0.0679	0.5167	0.0037 - 0.0151	0.0014 - 0.0606	-0.1132 - 0.1516	-0.0134 - 0.0323	0.0043	0.0081	976
uBiome	0.7338	0.0585	0.0146	0.0015	3.1281	0.2434	0.5418	0.007 - 0.0317	0.0025 - 0.1487	-0.416 - 0.5331	-0.0301 - 0.0688	0.009	0.0162	579
Vitract	0.6255	0.0076	0.0076	0.0024	0.0129	0.0074	0	0.005 - 0.0103	0.0029 - 0.0124	-0.0068 - 0.0221	-0.0029 - 0.0181	1.0138	0.0056	501

External Reference Ranges for Actinomyces

Actinomyces (NCBI 1654) per million

Source of Ranges	Low Boundary	High Boundary	Low Boundary %age	High Boundary %age
Thorne (20/80%ile)	0	80.71	0	0.0081
Lab Teletest	0	500	0	0.05
Metagenomics	0	10000	0	1
PrecisionBiome	0.00019181544485036284	0.008432741276919842	0	0

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General Substance	Specific Substance	Effect
Amino Acid and similar	4-O-a-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol {maltitol}	3 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶👪, Click for details.
Antibiotics, Antivirals etc	azithromycin,[CFS]	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Antibiotics, Antivirals etc	metronidazole [CFS]	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Common and OTC Supplements	3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxyflavone {Quercetin}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Common and OTC Supplements	acetylsalicylic acid,aspirin	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Common and OTC Supplements	long-term, moderate-intensity exercise {exercise}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Diet Style	dietary fiber	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Diet Style	Fiber, total dietary	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Diet Style	High-fibre diet {Whole food diet}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Diet Style	low carbohydrate diet	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases📓, Click for details.
Diet Style	Slow digestible carbohydrates. {Low Glycemic}	3 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶👪, Click for details.
Diet Style	whole-grain diet	2 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Flavonoids, Polyphenols etc	Humulus lupulus compound {Xanthohumol}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Avena sativa {Oats}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Avena sativa x Hordeum vulgare {barley,oat}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Bovine Milk Products {Dairy}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	fruit	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	fruit/legume fibre	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Honey {Honey }	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Laurus nobilis {Bay Leaf}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Lentinula edodes {Shiitake Mushroom}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Nicotine, Nicotine Patch	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	pectin {pectin}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Propolis {Bee glue}	2 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶👪, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Ribes nigrum {black currant}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	Vaccinium {Cranberry}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Food (excluding seasonings)	yogurt	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Food Preservatives	(3S,4R,5S)-1,3,4,5,6-Pentahydroxyhexan-2-one {Sorbose}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Food Preservatives	2H-1?6,2-benzothiazol-1,1,3-trione {Saccharin}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	5,6-dihydro-9,10-dimethoxybenzo[g]-1,3-benzodioxolo[5,6-a]quinolizinium {Berberine}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Boswellia serrata {Boswellia}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	coptis chinensis {Chinese goldthread }	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Cymbopogon citratus {Lemongrass}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Dendrobium officinale Kimura {Tiepishihu}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Diferuloylmethane {Curcumin}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Menta × piperita {peppermint}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Mentha spicata {Spearmint}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Metha family {Mint}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Panax ... {Ginseng}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Pimpinella anisum {Anise}	2 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Rhus coriaria {Sumac}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Herb or Spice	Thymus vulgaris {thyme}	2 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Miscellaneous, food additives, and other odd items	Ethyl alcohol {Grain alcohol}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Miscellaneous, food additives, and other odd items	Sleep apnea {partial sleep deprivation}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Miscellaneous, food additives, and other odd items	Tobacco consumption {Smoking}	2 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Not Classified	Mycotoxins {Home Dampness}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👪, Click for details.
Not Classified	Nitrogen Oxide x Particulate Matter {Urban air pollutant}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Prebiotics and similar	(2->1)-beta-D-fructofuranan {Inulin}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Prebiotics and similar	Pistacia lentiscus {mastic gum}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Probiotics	bacillus	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	bacillus subtilis,lactobacillus acidophilus	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	bacillus,lactobacillus,streptococcus,saccharomyces probiotic	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	bifidobacterium	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	Bifidobacterium animalis {B. animalis}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis {B. Lactis}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	bifidobacterium lactis,streptococcus thermophilus probiotic	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus {l. rhamnosus}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases📓, Click for details.
Probiotics	Lactobacillus gasseri {L.gasseri}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	lactobacillus helveticus,lactobacillus rhamnosus	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases📓, Click for details.
Probiotics	lactobacillus paracasei,lactobacillus acidophilus,bifidobacterium animalis	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	lactobacillus rhamnosus gg,bifidobacterium animalis lactis ,lactobacillus paracasei {cvs maximum strength probiotic}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	Limosilactobacillus fermentum {L. fermentum}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Probiotics	Limosilactobacillus reuteri {L. Reuteri}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Increases👶, Click for details.
Sugar and similar	D-glucose {Glucose}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.
Sugar and similar	Sucralose {Splenda}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👪, Click for details.
Vitamins, Minerals and similar	Zinc {Zinc Supplements}	1 Studies recorded. The consensus is Decreases👶, Click for details.

Food Groups Containing the Actinomyces bacteria

This is base on Unexplored microbial diversity from 2,500 food metagenomes and links with the human microbiome. See that paper for details on foods groups.

1. fermented_fruits_and_vegetables : 100% of Highest
2. other : 80.5639644% of Highest
3. dairy : 28.6882669% of Highest
4. fermented_tubers_and_roots : 17.8916672% of Highest
5. fermented_meat : 0.5840353% of Highest

Foods Containing the Actinomyces bacteria

Data comes from FoodMicrobionet. For the meaning of weight, see that site. The bacteria does not need to be alive to have an effect.

Cheese with dietary fibers Weight: 3.772 Betlehem cheese Weight: 1.003 Colonial cheese, cow milk Weight: 0.6589 Passito wine Weight: 0.22 Malaysian fermented fish sauce Weight: 0.156 Curd cheese, cow milk Weight: 0.145 Caipira cheese Weight: 0.1354 Piedmont hard cheese Weight: 0.1277 Reblochon Cheese (France) Weight: 0.1204 Kefir grain Weight: 0.1145 Soumaintrain Cheese(France) Weight: 0.0688 Serrano cheese, cow milk Weight: 0.06614 Tej, Ethiopia Weight: 0.06014 Beer Sour Flanders Red Ale Weight: 0.05061 Cheese Weight: 0.04121 Campo das Vertentes cheese Weight: 0.03102 Dehulled maize dough fermented 12h, Ghana Weight: 0.02934 Swiss-Dutch-type cheese Weight: 0.02789 Trentingrana Cheese (Italy) Weight: 0.02775 fermented Hakarl Weight: 0.02342 Teff dough fermented Weight: 0.0227 Dehulled maize dough, Ghana Weight: 0.02243 Ham fermented for 4 years Weight: 0.02173 DZ Liqvan cheese cheese farm D Weight: 0.01519 Sausage, Cyprus: Limassol Weight: 0.009786 Ogi from maize, Nigeria Weight: 0.008714 Ghee, Uganda Weight: 0.007271 Fermented finger millet Weight: 0.007212 Paipa cheese Weight: 0.006381 Chinese fish sauce Weight: 0.005688 yoghurt fermentation Weight: 0.002454