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. 2020 Aug 20;12(9):2512. doi: 10.3390/nu12092512

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Protective and pathogenic bacterial species and microbial pathways involved in colorectal cancer. The three major microbially induced pathways that contribute to colorectal cancer are inflammation, oncogenic signaling, and carcinogenic toxin and metabolite production. Symbionts (green) inhibit these pathways and pathobionts (red) promote these pathways.