We use a subjective scale and leave the reader to translate the lab reports appropriately. If the bacteria are identified as bad/pathogenic and you are low, then do not enter them.
Bacteria Reported Level Also Known as Comment
Adlercreutzia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Adlercreutzia| Adlercreutzia Maruo et al. 2008 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018
Agathobacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Agathobacter| Agathobacter Rosero et al. 2016
Akkermansia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Akkermansia| Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004
Alistipes [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Alistipes| Alistipes Rautio et al. 2003
High Levels linked to long-lived individuals
Anaerostipes [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Anaerostipes| Anaerostipes Schwiertz et al. 2002 emend. Eeckhaut et al. 2010
Barnesiella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Barnesiella| Barnesiella Sakamoto et al. 2007 emend. Morotomi et al. 2008
Bifidobacterium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bifidibacterium" Prevot 1938| "Tissieria" Pribram 1929| Bifidibacterium| Bifidobacterium| Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924| Tissieria
Blautia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Blautia| Blautia Liu et al. 2008 emend. Durand et al. 2017
Butyricicoccus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Butyricicoccus| Butyricicoccus Eeckhaut et al. 2008
Butyricimonas [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Butyricimonas| Butyricimonas Sakamoto et al. 2009 emend. Sakamoto et al. 2014
Butyrivibrio [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Butyrivibrio| Butyrivibrio Bryant and Small 1956
Campylobacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Campylobacter| Campylobacter Sebald and Veron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tanner et al. 1981| Campylobacter Sebald and Veron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Vandamme et al. 1991| Campylobacter Sebald and Veron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Vandamme et al. 2010
High colorectal cancer risk
Christensenella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Christensenella| Christensenella Morotomi et al. 2012
Citrobacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Citrobacter| Citrobacter Werkman and Gillen 1932| Levinea| Levinea Young et al. 1971
Pathogen
Clostridioides [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Clostridioides| Clostridioides Lawson et al. 2016
Coprococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Coprococcus| Coprococcus Holdeman and Moore 1974
Dorea [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Dorea| Dorea Taras et al. 2002
Eggerthella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Eggerthella| Eggerthella Kageyama et al. 1999| Eggerthella Wade et al. 1999 emend. Maruo et al. 2008| Eggerthella Wade et al. 1999 emend. Wurdemann et al. 2009
Enterobacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Aerobacter" Hormaeche and Edwards 1958| "Cloaca" Castellani and Chalmers 1919| Cloaca| Enterobacter| Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Brady et al. 2013
Urinary and respiratory infections
Enterococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Enterococcus" Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903| Enterococcus| Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Balz 1984
Faecalibacterium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Faecalibacterium| Faecalibacterium Duncan et al. 2002
Flavonifractor [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Flavonifractor| Flavonifractor Carlier et al. 2010
Fusobacterium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Fusibacterium| Fusobacterium| Fusobacterium Knorr 1922
Periodontal disease, Lemierre syndrome, skin ulcers
Lachnospira [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Lachnospira| Lachnospira Bryant and Small 1956
Lactobacillus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Lactobacillus| Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cai et al. 2012| Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Haakensen et al. 2009| Paralactobacillus| Paralactobacillus Leisner et al. 2000
Pathogen
Lactococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| lactic streptococci| Lactococcus| Lactococcus Schleifer et al. 1986
Megasphaera [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Megasphaera| Megasphaera Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Marchandin et al. 2003
Oxalobacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Oxalobacter| Oxalobacter Allison et al. 1985
Prevotella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Prevotella| Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990 emend. Sakamoto and Ohkuma 2012| Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990 emend. Willems and Collins 1995| Xylanibacter| Xylanibacter Ueki et al. 2006
Pseudoflavonifractor [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Pseudoflavonifractor| Pseudoflavonifractor Carlier et al. 2010
Pseudomonas [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Chlorobacterium" Guillebeau 1890, nom. rejic. Opin. 6 (not "Chlorobacterium" Lauterborn 1916)| "Liquidomonas" Orla-Jensen 1909| "Loefflerella" Holden 1935| Chryseomonas| Chryseomonas Holmes et al. 1986| Flavimonas| Liquidomonas| Loefflerella| Pseudomonas| Pseudomonas Migula 1894 emend. Yang et al. 2013| RNA similarity group I| Serpens| Serpens Hespell 1977
Roseburia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Roseburia| Roseburia Stanton and Savage 1983| Roseburya| Roseburyella
Ruminococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Ruminococcus| Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948
Salmonella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Salmonella| Salmonella Lignieres 1900
Pathogen
Sphingomonas [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Rhizomonas| Rhizomonas van Bruggen et al. 1990| Sphingomonas| Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Busse et al. 2003| Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Chen et al. 2012| Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Feng et al. 2017| Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Takeuchi et al. 2001| Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Yabuuchi et al. 1999| Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Yabuuchi et al. 2002
Staphylococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Aurococcus" Winslow and Rogers 1906| Aurococcus| Staphylococcus| Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884
Sutterella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Sutterella| Sutterella Wexler et al. 1996
Low levels indicate better Longevity
Veillonella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Veillonella| Veillonella Prevot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Aujoulat et al. 2014| Veillonella Prevot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mays et al. 1982
Vibrio [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Microspira" Schroeter 1886| "Pacinia" Trevisan 1885| Beneckea| Beneckea Campbell 1957| Listonella| Listonella MacDonell and Colwell 1986| Microspira| Pacinia| Vibrio| Vibrio Pacini 1854
Pathogen
Yersinia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Yersinia| Yersinia van Loghem 1944