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. 2021 Jun 22;32(4):263–281. doi: 10.1007/s00335-021-09884-2

Table 1.

Human loci associated with microbial abundance

Approach Chromosome SNP Gene Microbe Target Sample
size
Reference
Twin Studies 11 rs651821 APOA5 Bifidobacterium 16S V4 655 (Lim et al. 2017)
Twin Studies 3 rs2276731 ALDH1L1 Unclassified SHA‐98 16S V4 1126 (Xie et al. 2016)
2 rs6730157 RAB3GAP1 Bifidobacterium
2 rs2164210 LCT Bifidobacteria
7 rs1360741 CD36 Blautia
11 rs1506977 OR6A2

Cc 115 (family

Erysipelotrichaceae)

7 rs1182182 GNA12

SMB53 (family

Clostridiaceae)

11 rs1506977 rs1506977

Cc 115 (family

Erysipelotrichaceae)

7 rs1182182 GNA12

SMB53 (family

Clostridiaceae)SS

Genetic association 16 rs2066847, rs2066844, rs2066845, NOD2 depletion of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes (particularly Clostridium taxa) 16S V1‐V9 178 (Frank et al. 2011)
2 rs2241880 ATG16L1 depletion of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes (particularly Clostridium taxa) 16S V1‐V9
Genetic association 19 rs601338 FUT2 Alistipes, unclassified Lachnospiraceae, and Coprococcus 16S V1‐2 47 (Rausch et al. 2011)
Genetic association 19 rs601338 FUT2 Bifidobacteria 16S V6‐V8 71 (Wacklin et al. 2011)
Genetic Association 6 HLA‐DRB1 Prevotella copri 16S V1‐V2 114 (Scher et al. 2013)
Genetic Association 16 rs2066844, rs2066845, rs5743277, rs5743293, rs104895431, rs104895467 NOD2 Enterobacteriaceae 16S V4 474 (Knights et al. 2014)
GWAS 3 rs4894707 PLD1 Akkermansia 16S V4 114 (Davenport et al. 2015)
GWAS 2 rs56064699 LCT Bifidobacterium 16S V3‐5 93 (Blekhman et al. 2015)
2 rs1050115 UBXN4 Bifidobacterium
3 rs1110168 PLXND1 Prevotella
11 rs1966834 OR1S1 Prevotella
14 rs8019270 TBPL2 Prevotella
20 rs2274669 PCED1A Alistipes
7 rs10248138 EPDR1 Lachnobacterium
GWAS 1 rs12137699 VANGL1 Family Sutterellaceae WGS 1514 (Bonder et al. 2016)
2 rs7605872 Species Dialister invisus
6 rs4548017 Class Methanobacteria
9 rs1081306616 LINGO2 Genus Blautia
10 rs1889714 Species Dialister invisus
11 rs16913594 Species Bacteroides xylanisolvens
11 rs17115310

Family

Acidaminococcaceae

12 rs10743315 Species Lachnospiraceae bacterium 1 1 57FAA
21 rs2834288

Family

Oscillospiraceae

GWAS

(replicated)

2 rs62171178 UBR3 Rikenellaceae (Turpin et al. 2016)
3 rs1394174 CNTN6 Faecalibacterium
1 rs59846192 DMRTB1 Lachnospira
18 rs28473221 SALL3 Eubacterium
4 rs3775467 MMRN1 Weissella
12

chr12:136,228

39:D

LINC01559

RNA5SP353

GRIN2B

Weissella
1 rs6666120 ACTL8 Methanobrevibacter
GWAS (followed TWIN) 3 rs7433197 FHIT

Clostridiales (OTU

181,702)

16S V4 3666

(Beaumont et al

2016; Le Roy et al. 2018)

6 rs1433723 TDRG1

Clostridiales (OTU

25,576)

1 rs2480677 ELAVL4 Blautia (OTU 194,733)
GWAS 1 rs938295 FBLIM1

Unclassified

Enterobacteriaceae

16S V1‐V2 1812 (Wang et al. 2016)
1 rs75036654 LINC01137

Unclassified

Acidaminococcaceae

1 rs597205 C1orf183

OTU13305

Fecalibacterium

Species‐level OTU

2 rs4669413

RP11‐

521D12.1

Blautia genus
2 rs79387448 SLC9A2 Blautia genus
2 rs10928827 HS6ST1 Bacilli class/Lactobacillales order
2 rs4621152

AC007557

1

Gammaproteobacteria class
2 rs56006724 C2orf83

Unclassified

Acidaminococcaceae

3 rs11915634 CNTN6 Marinilabiliaceae family/Unclassified Marinilabiliaceae
3 rs3925158 SLC22A13 OTU10032 unclassified Enterobacteriaceae Species‐level OTU
3 rs13096731 FLNB Escherichia Shigella
3 rs59042687 LINC00879 Lactobacillales order
3 rs9831278 LINC00973

Unclassified

Marinilabiliaceae

3 rs62295801 LINC01192 Lactobacillales order
3 rs7646786 LOC344887 Bacilli class
4 rs7656342 DRD5

Unclassified

Porphyromonadaceae

4 rs11724031 SHROOM3 Marinilabiliaceae family
4 rs17421787

RP11‐

422J15.1

Erysipelotrichaceae family
5 rs9291879 CD180

Unclassified

Porphyromonadaceae

5 rs249733 SPRY4

OTU10032 unclassified

Enterobacteriaceae

7 rs17661843 ABCA13

Unclassified

Acidaminococcaceae

8 rs13276516 TGS1

OTU10032 unclassified

Enterobacteriaceae

8 rs2318350 COL22A1 OTU10032 unclassified Enterobacteriaceae Species‐level OTU
9 rs17085775 C9orf71

OTU10032 unclassified

Enterobacteriaceae

10 rs7083345

RP11‐

554I8.2

Lactobacillales order/Bacilli class
11 rs7113056

RP11‐

166D19.1

Lactobacillales order
12 rs479105 PRMT8 Bacilli class
12 rs1009634 AKAP3 OTU10032 unclassified Enterobacteriaceae Species‐level OTU
13 rs9300430 RAP2A Gammaproteobacteria class
14 rs9323326 SLC35F4 Proteobacteria phylum
14 rs986417 SIX6

Unclassified

Acidaminococcaceae

14 rs11626933 C14orf102

Unclassified

Erysipelotrichaceae

15 rs12442649 TMCO5A

OTU15355 Dialister

Species‐level OTU

15 rs35275482 BNIP2 Enterobacteriaceae family
16 rs12149695 FLJ21408

OTU10032 unclassified

Enterobacteriaceae

16 rs1362404 TOX3 Lactobacillales order
18 rs11877825 NAPG Erysipelotrichaceae family
19 rs148330122 SIPA1L3 Bacilli class
20 rs2071199 HNF4A‐AS1 Bacilli class
21 rs34613612 KRTAP8‐1 Actinobacteria class
GWAS 9 rs150018970 RAPGEF1 Ruminococcus 16S V4 3890 (Hughes et al. 2020)
1 rs561177583 Coprococcus
16 rs55808472 ARHGAP17 Butyricicoccus
11 rs4494297 EXT2 Sutterellaceae
11 rs7118902 SORl1 Dialister
13 rs35980751 ABCC4 Porphyromonadaceae
6 rs13207588 FOXP4 Parabacteroides
2 rs6733298 CCDC85A Erysipelotrichaceae
15 rs116865000 Gammaproteobacteria
9 rs11788336 IKBKAP Firmicutes
6 rs34656657 ATXN1 Firmicutes
4 rs116135844 SPOK3 Bacteroidales
15 rs117338748 LIPC Veillonella
GWAS 16 rs3803713 HS3ST4 Faecalibacterium 16S V3‐V4 1,068 (Ishida et al. 2020)
21 rs2839417 C2CD2 Erysipelotrichaceae
2 rs6545786 2p16.1 Prevotella
10 rs1033781 10p15.1 Oscillospira
18 rs885034 18q12.2 Alpha diversity index
GWAS rs182549 LCT Bifidobacterium 16S Various 18,340 (Kurilshikov et al. 2021)
3 rs9864379 Gastranaerophilales V4, V3‐V4, V1‐V2
3 rs75754569 IRF1 Peptococcus
3 rs4428215 FNDC3B Oxalobacteraceae
4 rs10805326 Intestinibacter
4 rs11098863 Enterorhabdus
7 rs10805326 Eubacterium coprostanoligenes
9 rs602075 PCK5,RFK, GCNT1 Allisonella
9 rs736744 Oxalobacter
10 rs12781711

Ruminococcaceae

UCG013

10 rs61841503 CUBN Peptostreptococcacea e
11 rs10769159 Ruminococcus1
12 rs12320842 Faecalibacterium
12 rs11110281 Streptococcus
13 rs7322849 Bifidobacterium
14 rs8009993

Ruminococcaceae

UCG009

17 rs7221249 Erysipelatoclostridium
19 rs67476743 Tyzzerella3
19 rs830151

Candidatus

Soleaferrea

19 rs35866622 FUT2‐FUT1 Ruminococcus torques