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
[Clostridium] scindens [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| [Clostridium] scindens| ATCC 35704| CIP 106687| Clostridium scindens| Clostridium scindens Morris et al. 1985| DSM 5676| Eubacterium sp. (strain VPI 12708)| Eubacterium sp. VPI 12708| Eubacterium sp. VPI-12708| Eubacterium VPI-12708| JCM 6567| strain Bokkenheuser 19
Actinomycetota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Actinobacteraeota| Actinobacteraeota Oren et al. 2015| Actinobacteria| Actinobacteriota
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+
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 adolescentis [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| AS 1.2190| ATCC 15703| BCRC 14606| Bifidobacterium adolescentis| Bifidobacterium adolescentis Reuter 1963| Bifidobacterium stercoris| Bifidobacterium stercoris Kim et al. 2010| CCRC 14606| CCRC:14606| CCUG 17359| CCUG 18363| CIP 64.59| DSM 20083| DSM 24849 [[Bifidobacterium stercoris]]| JCM 1275| JCM 15918 [[Bifidobacterium stercoris]]| KCTC 5756 [[Bifidobacterium stercoris]]| LMG 10502| LMG:10502| NCAIM B.01822| NCTC 11814| strain Eg1 [[Bifidobacterium stercoris]]
Bilophila wadsworthia [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| ATCC 49260| Bilophila wadsworthia| Bilophila wadsworthia Baron et al. 1990| CCUG 32349| strain 7959| WAL 7959
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 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
Cyanobacteriota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| blue-green algae| blue-green bacteria| Cyanobacteria| Cyanophyceae| Cyanophycota| Cyanophyta| cyanophytes| Oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria| Oxyphotobacteria
Desulfomicrobiaceae [family]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Desulfomicrobiaceae| Desulfomicrobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006 emend. Watanabe et al. 2015
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
Escherichia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Escherichia| Escherichia Castellani and Chalmers 1919
Euryarchaeota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Euryarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990| Euryarchaeota| Euryarchaeota Garrity and Holt 2002| euryarchaeotes| Methanobacteraeota| Methanobacteraeota Oren et al. 2015| Methanobacteriota
Fusobacteriota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Fusobacteraeota| Fusobacteraeota Oren et al. 2015| Fusobacteria| Fusobacteria Garrity and Holt 2001| Fusobacteriota
Fusobacterium nucleatum [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacillus fusiformis" Veillon and Zuber 1898| "Corynebacterium fusiforme" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Lehmann and Neumann 1907| "Fusiformis fusiformis" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Topley and Wilson 1936| "Fusiformis nucleatus" (Knorr 1922) Bergey et al. 1930| ATCC 25586| CCUG 32989| CCUG 33059| CIP 101130| Corynebacterium fusiforme| DSM 15643| Fusibacterium nucleatum| Fusiformis fusiformis| Fusiformis nucleatus| Fusobacterium fusiforme| Fusobacterium nucleatum| Fusobacterium nucleatum Knorr 1922| Fusobacterium plauti-vincenti| JCM 8532| LMG 13131| LMG:13131
Infectious bacteria
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
Methanobacteria [class]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Archaeobacteria| Archaeobacteria Murray 1988| Methanobacteria| Methanobacteria Boone 2002
Methanobrevibacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Methanobrevibacter| Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981
Mycoplasmatota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Mollicutaeota| Mollicutaeota Oren et al. 2015| Mollicutota| Tenericutes| Tenericutes Murray 1984
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
Providencia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Providencia| Providencia Ewing 1962
Pathogen
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
Sutterella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Sutterella| Sutterella Wexler et al. 1996
Verrucomicrobiota [phylum]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Verrucomicrobaeota| Verrucomicrobaeota Oren et al. 2015| Verrucomicrobia| Verrucomicrobia (Hedlund et al. 1997) Yoon et al. 2010| Verrucomicrobia Hedlund 2012| Verrucomicrobiota