Bacteria of Interest

Learn about the clinically relevant microbes analyzed by NirvanaBiome—species selected for their established roles in inflammation, immunity, metabolism, and microbial balance. These key bacteria form the scientific foundation behind every test result we deliver.
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Acidaminococcus

Acidaminococcus is a genus of bacteria that digests amino acids to produce important short chain fatty acids including butyrate. 

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Actinobacteria

Actinobacteria is a phylum of bacteria that are common in the gastrointestinal tract, and two of their most notable genuses include Bifidobacterium and Collinsella. 

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Adlercreutzia equolifaciens

Adlercreutzia equolifaciens metabolizes a specific type of soybean isoflavone to equol, a molecule with many beneficial properties. 

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Alistipes 

While the genus of Alistipes bacteria offer protective properties in some diseases, they also can be pathogenic.

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Bacteroidetes

Bacteroidetes is the most temporally stable phylum of bacteria in the human gastrointestinal microbiome, illuminating just how essential they are to your health.

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Bacteroides dorei

Bacteroides dorei is a rod-shaped bacteria which offers an interesting mix of positive and negative health implications.

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Bacteroides uniformis

Bacteroides uniformis plays a role in the degradation of a specific type of soybean isoflavone called genistein.

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Bacteroides vulgatus

Bacteroides vulgatus is generally part of a healthy gut but has been associated with diseases such as Crohn’s disease and inflammation in several other gut diseases.

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Bilophila wadsworthia

Bilophila wadsworthia is known to produce hydrogen sulfide, a molecule implicated in many different health conditions, good and bad.

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Blautia

Blautia is a genus of bacteria known for contributing to the maintenance of intestinal immune homeostasis, and it may also play a role in stimulating serotonin release.

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Clostridioides difficile

Clostridioides difficile, often called C. difficile or C. diff, is a commensal bacteria that is often seen in patients with diarrhea and can lead to life-threatening inflammation of the colon.

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Collinsella

Collinsella is a genus that plays an important role in developing gut microbiota and regulating metabolism.

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Coprococcus comes

Coprococcus comes is a beneficial bacteria at healthy levels but has been known to exist in abundance in individuals with Crohn's disease. C. comes is a butyrate producer.

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Dorea formicigenerans

Dorea formicigenerans is a commensal bacteria that is common to the gut, meaning it can be harmful if found outside the intestinal tract.

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Eggerthella

Eggerthella is a genus of bacteria containing the species Eggerthella lenta, which is a pathogen.

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Firmicutes

Firmicutes is a one of the major phyla in the human gut with many beneficial bacteria but some problematic bacteria at high levels.

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Lachnospiraceae

Lachnospiraceae is a family of bacteria that is one of the main contributors to the production of short-chain fatty acids, such as butyrate.

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Oscillibacter

Oscillibacter is a genus of bacteria that can have certain mental benefits at high abundances.

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Phascolarcto bacterium

Phascolarctobacterium is a genus of bacteria that is a part of the healthy gut microbiome and produces the short-chain fatty acids acetate and propionate.

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Proteobacteria

Proteobacteria is a phylum of bacteria that ranges from commensal bacteria to pathogenic bacteria.

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Ruminococcus torques

Ruminococcus torques produces butyrate at healthy levels but has been seen in high quantities in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Sutterella wadsworthensis

Sutterella wadsworthensis is a commensal bacteria that is common to the gut and can be related to pediatric autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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