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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Neuroimmunol. 2017 Jul 23;8(3):215–232. doi: 10.1111/cen3.12401

Table 1.

Classification of bacteria associated with MS and its animal models

Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Actinobacteria Coriobacteriia Coriobacteriales Coriobacteriaceae Adlercreutzia, Collinsella
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Bacteroidetes Bacteroidia Bacteroidales Bacteroidaceae Bacteroides fragilis
graphic file with name nihms883226t2.jpg Porphyromonadaceae Butyricimonas, Parabacteroides
Prevotellaceae Alloprevotella
Prevotella copri
Rikenellaceae Alistipes
S24-7
Firmicutes Bacilli Lactobacillales Streptococcaceae Streptococcus
graphic file with name nihms883226t3.jpg Clostridia Clostridiales Segmented filamentous bacteria
Christensenellaceae
Clostridiaceae Clostridium perfringens
Eubacteriaceae Eubacterium
Lachnospiraceae Anaerostipes, Blautia
Ruminococcaceae Anaerotruncus, Faecalibacterium
Proteobacteria α-proteobacteria Rhizobiales Brucellaceae Mycoplana
graphic file with name nihms883226t4.jpg β-proteobacteria Burkholderiales Oxalobacteraceae Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum
δ-proteobacteria Desulfovibrionales Desulfovibrionaceae Bilophila, Desulfovibrio
ε-proteobacteria Campylobacterales Helicobacteraceae Helicobacter pylori
γ-proteobacteria Enterobacteriales Enterobacteriaceae
Pasteurellales Pasteurellaceae Haemophilus
Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas
Verrucomicrobia Verrucomicrobiae Verrucomicrobiales Akkermansiaceae Akkermansia
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Phyla Actinobacteria and Firmicutes are Gram-positive, while phyla Bacteroidetes Proteobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia are Gram-negative.