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. 2021 Jan 11;70(4):698–706. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323020

Table 2.

Bacteria species associated with COVID-19 patients during hospitalisation

Species† Mean relative abundance (%)*
Phylum Association cohort COVID-19 Non-COVID-19
Ruminococcus gnavus Firmicutes COVID-19 4.64 1.82
Bacteroides dorei Bacteroidetes COVID-19 3.03 0.74
Ruminococcus torques Firmicutes COVID-19 4.44 2.27
Bacteroides vulgatus Bacteroidetes COVID-19 2.84 1.14
Bacteroides ovatus Bacteroidetes COVID-19 1.92 0.62
Bacteroides caccae Bacteroidetes COVID-19 1.46 0.41
Akkermansia muciniphila Verrucomicrobia COVID-19 1.06 0.77
Bifidobacterium adolescentis Actinobacteria Non-COVID-19 3.94 7.78
Eubacterium rectale Firmicutes Non-COVID-19 3.14 6.78
Ruminococcus bromii Firmicutes Non-COVID-19 2.19 5.73
Subdoligranulum unclassified Firmicutes Non-COVID-19 2.39 4.90
Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum Actinobacteria Non-COVID-19 1.94 3.83
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Firmicutes Non-COVID-19 3.69 5.89
Collinsella aerofaciens Actinobacteria Non-COVID-19 2.58 4.49
Ruminococcus obeum Firmicutes Non-COVID-19 1.69 2.40
Dorea longicatena Firmicutes Non-COVID-19 1.09 1.50
Coprococcus comes Firmicutes Non-COVID-19 0.99 1.37
Dorea formicigenerans Firmicutes Non-COVID-19 1.35 1.53

*Mean relative abundance >1% in either cohort.

†Ordered by logarithmic discriminant analysis score reported by linear discriminant analysis effect size.