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. 2025 Feb 24;23:223. doi: 10.1186/s12967-025-06201-2

Table 2.

Changes in gut microbiota in neurological disorders

Condition Bacteria Result
Increase Decrease
Alzheimer disease Pseudomonas [159161]
Escherichia [163166]
Shigella [163, 165, 166]
B. thetaiotaomicron [136]
Bifidobacterium [168170]
Lactobacillus [170]
Coprococcus [163]
Akkermansia [200] [176, 200]
Parkinson’s Disease Proteobacteria [180, 182, 183]
Enterobacteriaceae [181183]
Klebsiella [187, 199]
Coprococcus [180]
Blautia [180, 190]
Roseburia [180]
Bifidobacterium [189, 190, 195]
Gammaproteobacteria [198, 199]
Akkermansia [200]
Multiple sclerosis Faecalibacterium prausnitzii [205, 211]
Bifidobacterium [206]
Coprococcus [206]
Lachnospiraceae [206]
Butyricicoccus [206]
Akkermansia [122, 200, 205, 211]
Pseudomonas [211]
Blautia [206, 210, 211] [122, 205]
Depression Bifidobacterium [121, 222, 232]
Lactobacillus [222]

Faecalibacterium

prausnitzii

[121, 231, 232]
Blautia [121]
Escherichia [232] [121]
Shigella [232] [121]
Klebsiella [121]
Coprococcus [96]
Autism spectrum disorder Klebsiella [123, 242]
Clostiridium species [123] [246]
Bifidobacterium [123, 243]
Escherichia [245247]

The associations between neurological disorders (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, depression, and autism) and bacteria (genus or species). The sources of these associations range from the latest studies (in humans or rodents) to review papers. The PubMed query used was: ((Genus) OR (Species)) AND ((Alzheimer's disease) OR (Parkinson's disease) OR (Multiple sclerosis) OR (Depression) OR (Autism))