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. 2021 Oct 25;16(4):631–643. doi: 10.18502/jovr.v16i4.9754

Table 1.

Taxonomic terminology of the human gut microbiota


Phylum Class Genus Species
Actinobacteria Actinomycetales Corynebacterium
Bifidobacteriales Bifidobacterium Bifidobacterium longum
Bifidobacterium bifidum
Coriobacteriia Atopobium
Firmicutes Clostridia Faecalibacterium Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Clostridium Clostridium spp.
Roseburia Roseburia intestinalis
Ruminococcus Ruminococcus faecis
Negativicutes Dialister Dialister invisus
Bacilli Lactobacillus Lactobacillus reuteri
Enterococcus Enterococcus faecium
Staphylococcus Staphylococcus leei
Bacteroidetes Sphingobacteriia Sphingobacterium
Bacteroidia Bacteroides Bacteroides fragilis
Bacteroides vulgatus
Bacteroides uniformis
Tannerella
Parabacteroides Parabacteroides distasonis
Alistipes Alistipes finegoldii
Prevotella Prevotella spp.
Verrucomicrobia Verrucomicrobia Akkermansia Akkermansia muciniphila
Fusobacteria Fusobacteriia Fusobacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum
Proteobacteria Gamma proteobacteria Escherichia Eschericia coli
Shigella Shieflla flexneri
Delta proteobacteria Desulfovibrio Desulfovibrio intestinales
Bilophila Bilophila wadsworthia
Epsilon proteobacteria Helicobacter Helicobacter pylori
The Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes predominant the gut microbiome in human[11]