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. 2022 May 10;14(5):e24890. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24890

Table 1. Examples of specific organisms associated with dysbiosis and cancers.

Type of cancer Cancer microbiome
Esophagus Campylobacter spp. [96,97], Escherichia coli [98]
Breast Streptococcus, Propionibacterium, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus epidermidis [142,143]
Oral Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum [165,166]
Lung Granulicatella, Streptococcus, Abiotrophia [167]
Liver Enterococcus, Ruminococcus, Bacteroides, Phascolarctobacterium, and Oscillospira [168]
Colon Fusobacterium nucleatum, Escherichia coli, Bacteroides fragilis, Porphyromonas [169-172]
Gall bladder Fusobacterium nucleatum, Escherichia coli, and Enetrobacter spp. [173]
Prostate Anaerococcus lactolyticus, Varibaculum cambriense, and Propionimicrobium lymphophilium [174]
Pancreas Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes [175-177]