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
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacillus mucosus anaerobius" Prausnitz 1922| "Bacteroides praussnitzii" (sic) Hauduroy et al. 1937| ATCC 27768| Bacillus mucosus anaerobius| Bacteroides praussnitzii| butyrate-producing bacterium A2-165| Faecalibacterium prausnitzii| Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Duncan et al. 2002| Fusobacterium prausnitzii| Fusobacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)| NCIMB 13872
Agathobacter rectalis [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacteroides rectalis" Hauduroy et al. 1937| "Pseudobacterium rectale" (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Krasil'nikov 1949| 'Roseburia rectale'| [Eubacterium] rectale| Agathobacter rectalis| Agathobacter rectalis (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Rosero et al. 2016| ATCC 33656| Bacteroides rectalis| CIP 105953| DSM 17629| Eubacterium rectale| Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prevot 1938| NCIMB 14373| not ATCC 25578| not VPI 0989| Pseudobacterium rectale| Roseburia rectale| strain A1-86| VPI 0990
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
Coprococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Coprococcus| Coprococcus Holdeman and Moore 1974
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
Butyrivibrio [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Butyrivibrio| Butyrivibrio Bryant and Small 1956
Christensenella minuta [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Catabacter sp. YIT 12065| Christensenella minuta| Christensenella minuta Morotomi et al. 2012| DSM 22607| JCM 16072| YIT 12065
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
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
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
Akkermansia muciniphila [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Akkermansia muciniphila| Akkermansia muciniphila Derrien et al. 2004 emend. Hahnke et al. 2016| Akkermansia sp. YL44| ATCC BAA-835| CIP 107961| strain Muc
High Levels linked to long-lived individuals
Segatella copri [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| DSM 18205| JCM 13464| Prevotella copri| Prevotella copri Hayashi et al. 2007 emend. Hahnke et al. 2016| Prevotella sp. 'Indica Stool'| Prevotella sp. CB18| Prevotella sp. CB23| Prevotella sp. CB26| Prevotella sp. CB28| Prevotella sp. CB7| strain CB7
Over 70%ile Indicator of mycotoxin present
Bacteroides uniformis [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| ATCC 8492| Bacteroides uniformis| Bacteroides uniformis Eggerth and Gagnon 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hahnke et al. 2016| CCUG 4942| CIP 103695| DSM 6597| JCM 5828| NCTC 13054
Infectious bacteria
Desulfovibrio piger [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| ATCC 29098| Desulfomonas pigra| Desulfomonas pigra Moore et al. 1976| Desulfovibrio piger| Desulfovibrio piger (Moore et al. 1976) Loubinoux et al. 2002| DSM 749
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacillus desulfuricans" (Beijerinck 1895) Saltet 1900| "Microspira desulfuricans" (Beijerinck 1895) Migula 1900| "Spirillum desulfuricans" Beijerinck 1895| "Vibrio cholinicus" Haywood and Stadtman 1959| "Vibrio cholinicus" Haywood and Statman (sic) 1959| ATCC 29577| Bacillus desulfuricans| CCUG 34226| CIP 107039| Desulfovibrio desulfuricans| Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shivani et al. 2017| Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans| Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)| DSM 642| LMG 7529| LMG:7529| Microspira desulfuricans| NCIB 8307| NCIB:8307| NCIMB 8307| Spirillum desulfuricans| strain Adams Essex 6| Vibrio cholinicus| VKM B-1799
Oxalobacter formigenes [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| ATCC 35274| CIP 106513| Oxalobacter formigenes| Oxalobacter formigenes Allison et al. 1985| strain OxB
Clostridioides difficile [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacillus difficilis" Hall and O'Toole 1935| "Peptoclostridium difficile" Yutin and Galperin 2013| AS 1.2184| ATCC 9689| Bacillus difficilis| BCRC 10642| CCRC 10642| CCRC:10642| CCUG 4938| CIP 104282| Clostridioides difficile| Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016| Clostridium difficile| Clostridium difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prevot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)| Clostridium difficle| Clostridium sp. HMSC19D05| DSM 1296| DSMZ 1296| JCM 1296| LMG 15861| LMG:15861| NCIMB 10666| NCTC 11209| Peptoclostridium difficile
Colitis
Proteus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Liquidobacterium" Orla-Jensen 1908| Liquidobacterium| Proteus| Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hyun et al. 2016
Opportunistic urinary tract infections
Klebsiella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Donovania" Anderson et al. 1944| "Hyalococcus" Schroeter 1886| Calymmatobacterium| Calymmatobacterium Aragao and Vianna 1913| Donovania| Hyalococcus| Klebsiella| Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Carter et al. 1999| Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Drancourt et al. 2001
Pathogen
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
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
Helicobacter pylori [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| ATCC 43504| ATCC 49396 [[Helicobacter nemestrinae Bronsdon et al. 1991]]| Campylobacter pylori| Campylobacter pylori corrig. Marshall et al. 1985 emend. Fox et al. 1988| Campylobacter pylori corrig. Marshall et al. 1985 emend. Fox et al. 1989| Campylobacter pylori Marshall et al. 1985 corrig. Marshall and Goodwin 1987| Campylobacter pylori subsp. pylori| Campylobacter pylori subsp. pylori Marshall et al. 1985| Campylobacter pyloridis| Campylobacter pyloridis Marshall et al.1985| CCUG 15815 B| CCUG 17874| CCUG 39500| CIP 103995| DSM 21031| DSM 4867| DSM 7492 [[Helicobacter nemestrinae Bronsdon et al. 1991]]| Helicobacter nemestrinae| Helicobacter nemestrinae Bronsdon et al. 1991| Helicobacter pylori| Helicobacter pylori (Marshall et al. 1985) Goodwin et al. 1989| JCM 12093| LMG 18041| LMG 19449| LMG:18041| LMG:19449| NCTC 11637| NCTC 12491 [[Helicobacter nemestrinae Bronsdon et al. 1991]]| strain Royal Perth Hospital 13487| strain T81213-NTB [[Helicobacter nemestrinae Bronsdon et al. 1991]]
Gastric ulcers
Enterobacteriaceae [family]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Enterobacteraceae| Enterobacteraceae (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982| Enterobacteriaceae| Enterobacteriaceae (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 1980| Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Adeolu et al. 2016| gamma-3 proteobacteria
Candida albicans [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
Saccharomyces cerevisiae [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| ATCC 18824| baker's yeast| brewer's yeast| Candida robusta| CBS 1171| NRRL Y-12632| S. cerevisiae| Saccharomyces capensis| Saccharomyces cerevisiae| Saccharomyces italicus| Saccharomyces oviformis| Saccharomyces uvarum var. melibiosus
Methanobrevibacter smithii [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| ATCC 35061| DSM 861| Methanobrevibacter smithii| Methanobrevibacter smithii Balch and Wolfe 1981| OCM 144| strain PS
High Levels linked to long-lived individuals
Cryptosporidium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
Dientamoeba fragilis [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Dientamoeba fragilis
Entamoeba histolytica [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
Cyclospora cayetanensis [No Rank]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
Giardia intestinalis [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
Blastocystis [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Blastocystis