This post is intended for researchers by pointing to bacteria whose genetics are likely significant for ME/CFS. The microbiome specific raw data is below. Preliminary z-scores indicated that they are significant (Pr < 0.01) and no filtering has occurred for False Detection Rate. Users are advised to perform their own statistics. For bacteria associated using BiomeSight tests, see this post.
Note: These results are lab-specific, using the data from OmbreLabs / formerly known as Thryve.
The raw data is available at: http://citizenscience.microbiomeprescription.com/.
NOTE: The sample size is very low (less than 1/3 of the size of current Long COVID Study)
Symptom Obs | No Symptom Obs | Lab | SymptomName |
---|---|---|---|
51 | 935 | thryve | Official Diagnosis: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) |
Bacteria | tax_rank | No Symptom Count | Symptom Count | No Symptom Frequency % | Symptom Frequency % |
Burkholderiales Genera incertae sedis | norank | 268 | 20 | 28.7 | 39.2 |
Anaerococcus | genus | 530 | 37 | 56.7 | 72.5 |
Vibrionales | order | 89 | 10 | 9.5 | 19.6 |
Porphyromonas bennonis | species | 418 | 35 | 44.7 | 68.6 |
Anaeroglobus geminatus | species | 474 | 33 | 50.7 | 64.7 |
Parvimonas micra | species | 178 | 17 | 19 | 33.3 |
Insolitispirillum peregrinum | species | 169 | 17 | 18.1 | 33.3 |
Rickettsia honei | species | 91 | 13 | 9.7 | 25.5 |
Levyella massiliensis | species | 327 | 25 | 35 | 49 |
Ezakiella | genus | 243 | 25 | 26 | 49 |
Synergistaceae | family | 343 | 25 | 36.7 | 49 |
Odoribacter splanchnicus | species | 702 | 46 | 75.1 | 90.2 |
Mucinivorans | genus | 50 | 9 | 5.3 | 17.6 |
Prevotella buccalis | species | 470 | 35 | 50.3 | 68.6 |
Enorma massiliensis | species | 80 | 11 | 8.6 | 21.6 |
Microbacter | genus | 171 | 17 | 18.3 | 33.3 |
Flavobacteriales | order | 499 | 34 | 53.4 | 66.7 |
Porphyromonas somerae | species | 182 | 16 | 19.5 | 31.4 |
Parvimonas | genus | 178 | 17 | 19 | 33.3 |
Anaeroplasmatales | order | 326 | 28 | 34.9 | 54.9 |
Desulfurispora thermophila | species | 507 | 35 | 54.2 | 68.6 |
Ruminococcus gauvreauii | species | 285 | 22 | 30.5 | 43.1 |
Synergistetes | phylum | 344 | 25 | 36.8 | 49 |
Prevotella disiens | species | 237 | 20 | 25.3 | 39.2 |
Holdemania filiformis | species | 641 | 41 | 68.6 | 80.4 |
Prevotella baroniae | species | 346 | 24 | 37 | 47.1 |
Corynebacterium jeikeium | species | 51 | 8 | 5.5 | 15.7 |
Corynebacteriales | order | 585 | 41 | 62.6 | 80.4 |
Campylobacter hominis | species | 177 | 18 | 18.9 | 35.3 |
Peptostreptococcaceae incertae sedis | norank | 523 | 36 | 55.9 | 70.6 |
Campylobacterales | order | 401 | 29 | 42.9 | 56.9 |
Clostridium frigidicarnis | species | 65 | 9 | 7 | 17.6 |
Pseudomonadaceae | family | 336 | 26 | 35.9 | 51 |
Dialister propionicifaciens | species | 299 | 23 | 32 | 45.1 |
Absiella tortuosum | species | 209 | 17 | 22.4 | 33.3 |
Epsilonproteobacteria | class | 439 | 31 | 47 | 60.8 |
Ezakiella coagulans | species | 235 | 22 | 25.1 | 43.1 |
Anaeroglobus | genus | 475 | 33 | 50.8 | 64.7 |
Tannerella | genus | 270 | 22 | 28.9 | 43.1 |
Gordonibacter pamelaeae | species | 346 | 29 | 37 | 56.9 |
Bacteroides ovatus | species | 812 | 50 | 86.8 | 98 |
Schaalia suimastitidis | species | 199 | 17 | 21.3 | 33.3 |
Lacrimispora sphenoides | species | 151 | 14 | 16.1 | 27.5 |
Propioniferax innocua | species | 128 | 14 | 13.7 | 27.5 |
Rickettsia | genus | 142 | 16 | 15.2 | 31.4 |
Corynebacterium | genus | 529 | 36 | 56.6 | 70.6 |
Prevotella loescheii | species | 202 | 20 | 21.6 | 39.2 |
Corynebacteriaceae | family | 534 | 36 | 57.1 | 70.6 |
Desulfovibrio idahonensis | species | 231 | 20 | 24.7 | 39.2 |
Thiomonas | genus | 191 | 16 | 20.4 | 31.4 |
Peptoniphilus lacrimalis | species | 223 | 18 | 23.9 | 35.3 |
Lactonifactor longoviformis | species | 607 | 39 | 64.9 | 76.5 |
Synergistia | class | 343 | 25 | 36.7 | 49 |
Fulvitalea | genus | 49 | 8 | 5.2 | 15.7 |
Alistipes shahii | species | 702 | 44 | 75.1 | 86.3 |
Anaerococcus octavius | species | 125 | 15 | 13.4 | 29.4 |
Levyella | genus | 332 | 27 | 35.5 | 52.9 |
unclassified Burkholderiales | family | 183 | 16 | 19.6 | 31.4 |
Enorma | genus | 81 | 11 | 8.7 | 21.6 |
Sphingomonas abaci | species | 52 | 8 | 5.6 | 15.7 |
Anaerococcus vaginalis | species | 302 | 24 | 32.3 | 47.1 |
Rickettsiales | order | 214 | 21 | 22.9 | 41.2 |
Thermoanaerobacteraceae | family | 262 | 21 | 28 | 41.2 |
Flavobacteriia | class | 499 | 34 | 53.4 | 66.7 |
Eubacterium pyruvativorans | species | 522 | 34 | 55.8 | 66.7 |
Anaeroplasmataceae | family | 325 | 28 | 34.8 | 54.9 |
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius | species | 89 | 14 | 9.5 | 27.5 |
Mogibacterium timidum | species | 168 | 16 | 18 | 31.4 |
Alistipes obesi | species | 553 | 36 | 59.1 | 70.6 |
Tissierellia incertae sedis | norank | 564 | 40 | 60.3 | 78.4 |
Dielma fastidiosa | species | 502 | 33 | 53.7 | 64.7 |
Clostridium chartatabidum | species | 638 | 41 | 68.2 | 80.4 |
Desulfocella | genus | 266 | 21 | 28.4 | 41.2 |
Mucinivorans hirudinis | species | 49 | 9 | 5.2 | 17.6 |
Rickettsieae | tribe | 193 | 20 | 20.6 | 39.2 |
Syntrophomonas sapovorans | species | 88 | 10 | 9.4 | 19.6 |
Rickettsiaceae | family | 195 | 20 | 20.9 | 39.2 |
Butyricimonas faecihominis | species | 314 | 23 | 33.6 | 45.1 |
Ectothiorhodospiraceae | family | 213 | 17 | 22.8 | 33.3 |
Anaeroplasma | genus | 141 | 14 | 15.1 | 27.5 |
Gordonibacter | genus | 497 | 34 | 53.2 | 66.7 |
Fulvitalea axinellae | species | 48 | 8 | 5.1 | 15.7 |
Dehalobacter | genus | 172 | 15 | 18.4 | 29.4 |
Hydrogenispora | genus | 423 | 31 | 45.2 | 60.8 |
Fenollaria | genus | 470 | 31 | 50.3 | 60.8 |
Anaerococcus murdochii | species | 121 | 16 | 12.9 | 31.4 |
Anaerococcus senegalensis | species | 112 | 17 | 12 | 33.3 |
Porphyromonas asaccharolytica | species | 228 | 21 | 24.4 | 41.2 |
Mogibacterium | genus | 664 | 42 | 71 | 82.4 |
Campylobacter | genus | 352 | 25 | 37.6 | 49 |
Firmicutes sensu stricto incertae sedis | norank | 417 | 31 | 44.6 | 60.8 |
spotted fever group | species group | 110 | 15 | 11.8 | 29.4 |
Acinetobacter | genus | 256 | 20 | 27.4 | 39.2 |
Synergistales | order | 343 | 25 | 36.7 | 49 |
Lactonifactor | genus | 613 | 40 | 65.6 | 78.4 |
Persicobacteraceae | family | 59 | 13 | 6.3 | 25.5 |
Desulfurispora | genus | 508 | 35 | 54.3 | 68.6 |
Holdemania | genus | 779 | 48 | 83.3 | 94.1 |
Desulfocella halophila | species | 263 | 20 | 28.1 | 39.2 |
Ezakiella peruensis | species | 25 | 8 | 2.7 | 15.7 |
Tannerella forsythia | species | 265 | 21 | 28.3 | 41.2 |
Campylobacteraceae | family | 366 | 26 | 39.1 | 51 |
Absiella | genus | 352 | 25 | 37.6 | 49 |
Flavobacteriaceae | family | 453 | 30 | 48.4 | 58.8 |
Tepidibacter | genus | 83 | 10 | 8.9 | 19.6 |
Dehalobacter restrictus | species | 172 | 15 | 18.4 | 29.4 |
Peptoniphilus coxii | species | 270 | 24 | 28.9 | 47.1 |
Hydrogenispora ethanolica | species | 416 | 30 | 44.5 | 58.8 |
Pseudomonas | genus | 327 | 23 | 35 | 45.1 |
Insolitispirillum | genus | 173 | 17 | 18.5 | 33.3 |
Thermoanaerobacterales | order | 390 | 28 | 41.7 | 54.9 |
Odoribacter | genus | 737 | 46 | 78.8 | 90.2 |
Microbacter margulisiae | species | 168 | 17 | 18 | 33.3 |
Propioniferax | genus | 129 | 14 | 13.8 | 27.5 |
Bacteria | tax_rank | No Symptom Mean | Symptom Mean | No Symptom StdDev | Symptom Std Dev | Symptom Obs | No Symptom Obs |
Alistipes onderdonkii | species | 4859 | 11622 | 15348.3 | 23577.4 | 47 | 819 |
Natranaerovirga | genus | 174 | 983 | 1892.4 | 3879.3 | 31 | 578 |
Rikenellaceae | family | 16981 | 28258 | 24648.1 | 30780.6 | 51 | 920 |
Enterobacterales | order | 3116 | 15635 | 10315.9 | 78732.2 | 46 | 856 |
Blautia glucerasea | species | 1237 | 3446 | 4110.7 | 11731.9 | 40 | 727 |
Desulfobacteraceae | family | 91 | 279 | 155.3 | 988.1 | 32 | 561 |
Tenericutes | phylum | 1198 | 3169 | 3795.4 | 17659.1 | 46 | 824 |
Mollicutes | class | 1178 | 3169 | 3773.8 | 17659.1 | 46 | 824 |
Chromatiales | order | 102 | 491 | 495 | 2392.3 | 33 | 625 |
Gammaproteobacteria | class | 6515 | 17655 | 16956.9 | 87886.1 | 51 | 933 |
Bacteroides intestinalis | species | 1992 | 7432 | 8144.4 | 30306.3 | 43 | 779 |
Alistipes | genus | 16685 | 27491 | 24264.1 | 30694.6 | 51 | 920 |
Desulfobacterales | order | 94 | 256 | 155.3 | 933.7 | 36 | 585 |