Table 2.

Bacteria at phylum, class, order, genus, and species level increased and decreased in stool samples of healthy controls, and patients with inactive or active UC

	Healthy Controls	Inactive UC	Active UC
Increased	p__Cyanobacteria p__Tenericutes c_Alphaproteobacteria o__Clostridiales g__Butyricimonas s__Akkermansia muciniphila s__Coprococcus eutactus	g__Holdemania s__Eubacterium dolichum s__Blautia producta s__Ruminococcus gnavus s__Bifidobacterium adolescentis	c_Gammaproteobacteria g__Granulicatella s__Haemophilus parainfluenzae s__Streptococcus anginosus s__Clostridium symbiosum
Decreased	g__Blautia g__Dorea s__Clostridium celatum s__Eubacterium dolichum		p__Tenericutes p__Verrucomicrobia g__Lachnospira g__Oscillospira

UC: ulcerative colitis; p_: phylum level; c_: class; o_: order level; g_: genus level; s_: species level.