Table 1 Bacteria targeted by the Gut Phage Bank as of Jan. 2024

From: Gut Phage Biobank: a collection of bacteriophages targeting human commensal bacteria

Bacterial species

Lifestyle

Abundant within human gut or not a

Associated diseases

Mediterraneibacter gnavus (Ruminococcus gnavus)

Anaerobic

Y

Crohn’s disease c87, obesity b48,, type 2 diabetes b51,

Bacteroides fragilis

Anaerobic

Y

IBD c88,

Eggerthella lenta

Anaerobic

Y

Parkinson’s disease c89,

Phocaeicola vulgatus

Anaerobic

Y

Ulcerative colitis (UC) c90,

Escherichia coli

Facultative anaerobic

Y

Crohn’s disease c91,

Bacillus cereus

Facultative anaerobic

N

Diarrheal disease c92,

Cronobacter sakazakii

Facultative anaerobic

N

Neonatal meningitis c93,

Enterococcus faecalis

Facultative anaerobic

N

IBD c94,

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Facultative anaerobic

N

IBD c14,, liver disease c95,

Dorea longicatena

Anaerobic

Y

Obesity b50,, type 2 diabetes b49,

Clostridium perfringens

Anaerobic

Y

IBD b96,

Parabacteroides distasonis

Anaerobic

Y

IBD b97,

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Anaerobic

Y

Intestinal infection b98,

Bacteroides cellulosilyticus

Anaerobic

Y

Unknown

Bacteroides xylanisolvens

Anaerobic

Y

Unknown

Bifidobacterium longum

Anaerobic

Y

Unknown

Lacticaseibacillus paracasei

Facultative anaerobic

Y

Unknown

  1. aThe top 100 bacterial genera in the Unified Human Gastrointestinal Genome (UHGG) database are defined as abundant within human gut99.
  2. bThe evidence of association between the bacteria and the diseases is from metagenomic analyses.
  3. cThe evidence of the bacteria causing diseases is from in vivo experiments.