Skip to main content
letter
. 2023 Aug 9;9(8):mgen001088. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001088

Table 1.

Top performing features for a selection of one-vs-all cancer type models in the most stringent decontamination approach as presented in Poore et al

These taxa include extremophiles that have not previously been isolated from humans. See Table S1, available in the online version of this article (bacteria), and Table S2 (viruses) for a full description as on NCBI of the sources for each representative species within these genera.

Genus

Top feature in cancer type model

Details

Leucothrix

Bladder cancer

Bacteria from marine macroalgae [5]

Thalassomonas

Uveal melanoma

Bacteria causes disease in coral [4]

Velarivirus

Cervical cancer

Grapevine is natural host [33]

Tritimovirus

Colon cancer

Known to infect cereals [34]

Dinovernavirus

Renal clear cell carcinoma

Contains insect viruses [35]

Bacillarnavirus

Lung squamous cell carcinoma

Infects algae [36]

Rymovirus

Ovarian serous

Infects species of grass [37]

Ignicoccus

Prostate

Identified in marine hydrothermal vents [19]

Salinimicrobium

Testicular cancer

Halophilic genus identified from marine environments [38]