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
Acidaminococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Acidaminococcus| Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cook et al. 1994| Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969 emend. Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007
Actinomycetota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Actinobacteraeota| Actinobacteraeota Oren et al. 2015| Actinobacteria| Actinobacteriota
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
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
Atopobium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Atopobium| Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993 emend. Cools et al. 2014
Bacillota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Bacillaeota| Bacillaeota Oren et al. 2015| Bacillota| Bacillus/Clostridium group| clostridial firmicutes| Clostridium group firmicutes| Firmacutes| Firmicutes| Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978| Low G+C firmicutes| low G+C Gram-positive bacteria| low GC Gram+
Bacteroides [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Ristella" Prevot 1938| Bacteroides| Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shah and Collins 1989| Capsularis| Capsularis Prevot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)| Ristella
Bacteroidota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Bacteroidaeota| Bacteroidaeota Oren et al. 2015| Bacteroides-Cytophaga-Flexibacter group| Bacteroidetes| Bacteroidetes Krieg et al. 2012| Bacteroidota| BCF group| CFB group| CFB group bacteria| Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides phylum
Over 70%ile, prone to being fat
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
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
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
Escherichia coli [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacillus coli" Migula 1895| "Bacterium coli commune" Escherich 1885| "Bacterium coli" (Migula 1895) Lehmann and Neumann 1896| ATCC 11775| Bacillus coli| bacterium 10a| Bacterium coli| Bacterium coli commune| bacterium E3| CCUG 24| CCUG 29300| CIP 54.8| DSM 30083| E. coli| Enterococcus coli| Escherichia coli| Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919| Escherichia sp. 3_2_53FAA| Escherichia sp. MAR| Escherichia/Shigella coli| JCM 1649| LMG 2092| LMG:2092| NBRC 102203| NCCB 54008| NCTC 9001
Diarrheal disease in children and travelers, Foodborne diarrhea outbreaks, hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Ethanoligenens [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Ethanoligenens| Ethanoligenens Xing et al. 2006
Eubacterium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Eubacterium| Eubacterium Prevot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cato et al. 1983
Faecalitalea [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Faecalitalea| Faecalitalea De Maesschalck et al. 2014
Francisella tularensis [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacterium tularense" McCoy and Chapin 1912| "Brucella tularensis" (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Topley and Wilson 1929| "Francisella tularense" (sic) (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Dorofe'ev 1947| "Pasteurella tularensis" (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Bergey et al. 1923| ATCC 6223| Bacterium tularense| Brucella tularensis| Francisella tularense| Francisella tularensis| Francisella tularensis (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Dorofe'ev 1947| GIEM Schu| Pasteurella tularensis| strain B-38
Tularemia
Gordonibacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Gordonibacter| Gordonibacter Wurdemann et al. 2009
Lachnoclostridium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Lachnoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013| Lachnoclostridium
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
Odoribacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Odoribacter| Odoribacter Hardham et al. 2008
Oscillibacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Oscillibacter
Parabacteroides [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Parabacteroides| Parabacteroides Sakamoto and Benno 2006
BMI, fat percent,blood pressure
Peptoclostridium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Peptoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013| Peptoclostridium| Peptoclostridium Galperin et al. 2016
Pseudomonadota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Alphaproteobacteraeota| Alphaproteobacteraeota Oren et al. 2015| Alphaproteobacteriota| Proteobacteria| Proteobacteria [class] Stackebrandt et al. 1988| Proteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005| purple bacteria| purple bacteria and relatives| purple non-sulfur bacteria| purple photosynthetic bacteria| purple photosynthetic bacteria and relatives
Roseburia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Roseburia| Roseburia Stanton and Savage 1983| Roseburya| Roseburyella
Streptococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Streptococcus| Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884
Sulfuricurvum [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Sulfuricurvum| Sulfuricurvum Kodama and Watanabe 2004
Tannerella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Tannerella| Tannerella Sakamoto et al. 2002
Tistrella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Tistrella| Tistrella Shi et al. 2003
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