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. 2022 Aug 22;39(1):113–124. doi: 10.1007/s12264-022-00934-6

Table 1.

Comparison of eight microbiome profiling studies of Parkinson’s patients

Author (year) Sample Sequencing Increased in PD
Family (genus)
Decreased in PD
Family (genus)
Scheperjans, et al (2015) (54)

Fecal samples

(PD n=72; Controls n=72)

V1-V3 regions 16S

rRNA gene.

• Enterobacteriaceae • Prevotellaceae
Unger, et al (2016) (55)

Fecal samples

(PD n=34; Controls n=34)

16S rRNA gene • Enterobacteriaceae • Prevotellaceae
Qian, et al (2018)(56)

Fecal samples

(PD n=45; Controls n=45)

V3-V4 region of 16S rRNA gene

• Rikenellaceae (Alistipes),

• Prevotellaceae (Paraprevotella)

• Enterobacteriaceae (Klebsiella)

• Sphingomonadaceae (Sphingomonas)

• Moraxellaceae (Acinetobacter)

• Comamonadaceae (Aquabacterium)

• Desulfovibionaceae (Desulfovibrio)

• Clostridiaceae (Clostridium )

• Lachnospiraceae

• Oscillospiraceae (Butyricicoccus)

• Nitrososphaeraceae (Nitrososphaera)

• Lactobacillaceae (Lactobacillus)

• Chitinophagaceae (Sediminibacterium)

Petrovet al. (2017)(61) Fecal samples (PD n=89; Controls n=66) 16S rRNA gene

Christensenellaceae (Christensenell)

• Catabacteraceae (Catabacter)

• Lactobacillaceae (Lactobacillu)

• Oscillospiraceae (Oscillospira, Ruminococcus, Papillibacter)

• Bifidobacteriaceae (Bifidobacterium)

• Lachnospiraceae (Dorea Blautia glucerasea, Coprococcus Eutactus)

• Bacteroidaceae (Bacteroides)

• Prevotellaceae (Prevotella)

• Oscillospiraceae (Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcus callidus)

Baldini et al. (2020)(62)

Fecal samples

(PD n=147; Controls n=162)

16S rRNA gene

• Verrucomicrobiaceae (Akkermansia.)

• Lactobacillaceae

• (Lactobacillus)

• Turicibacteraceae (Turicibacter)

• Prevotellaceae (Paraprevotella - female PD)

Chiang et al. (2019)(63) Fecal samples (PD n=80; Controls n=77) V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene

• Deferribacteraceae (Mucispirillum),

• Porphyromonadaceae (Porphyromonas)

• Lactobacillaceae (Lactobacillus),

• Tannerellaceae (Parabacteroides)

• Prevotellaceae (Prevotella)
Li, et al (2017)(64) Fecal samples (PD n=24; Controls n=14) 16S rRNA gene

• Enterobacteriaceae (Escherichia, Shigella, Enterococcus)

• Streptococcaceae (Streptococcus Proteus)

• Lachnospiraceae (Blautia)

• Oscillospiraceae (Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcus)

Hill-Burns E. et al (2017)(65)

Fecal samples

(PD n=197; Controls n=130)

16S rRNA gene

• Verrucomicrobiaceae (Akkermansia)

• Lactobacillaceae (Lactobacillus)

• Bifidobacteriaceae (Bifidobacterium)

• Lachnospiraceae