The microbiome in allergic disease: Current understanding and future opportunities—2017 PRACTALL document of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 15.

Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Feb 28;139(4):1099–1110. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.02.007

Bacterial genera implicated in asthma or asthma-related features (from recent microbiota studies)

Bacterial genus	Microbiome compartment	Asthma context
Haemophilus	Respiratory	Increase associated with asthma in children and adults
Neisseria	Respiratory	Increase associated with asthma in adults
Moraxella	Respiratory	Increase associated with asthma in children and adults
Streptococcus	Respiratory	Increase associated with asthma in children
Lactobacillus	Gastrointestinal, respiratory	Decrease associated with asthma in children and adults
Bifidobacterium	Gastrointestinal	Decrease associated with risk for asthma development in childhood
Faecalibacterium	Gastrointestinal	Decrease associated with risk for asthma development in childhood
Akkermansia	Gastrointestinal	Decrease associated with risk for asthma development in childhood
Morganella morganii	Gastrointestinal	Increase associated with asthma in nonobese adults