Table 3

Comparison of significant taxa associations in patients with UC: family level and above

Gut microbiota alterations in patients with UC (current study: FDR<0.05)
Taxon (family and above)Phylum (or kingdom)Current study*Gevers et alMorgan et al
f__MethanobacteriaceaeArcheaDownNot reportedNot reported
f__ActinomycetaceaeActinobacteriaDownNot reportedNot reported
f__CoriobacteriaceaeActinobacteriaDownNot reportedNot reported
p__BacteroidetesUpNot reportedNot reported
o__BacteroidalesBacteriodetesUpNot reportedNot reported
f__PorphyromonadaceaeBacteriodetesNot reportedNot reportedUp
p__FirmicutesDownDownNot reported
f__EnterococcaceaeFirmicutesUpNot reportedNot reported
f__LactobacillaceaeFirmicutesUpNot reportedNot reported
c__ClostridiaFirmicutesDown, in lower taxonomic levelsDownNot reported
o__ClostridialesFirmicutesDown, in lower taxonomic levelsDownNot reported
f__MogibacteriaceaeFirmicutesDownNot reportedNot reported
f__ChristensenellaceaeFirmicutesDownNot reportedNot reported
f__ClostridiaceaeFirmicutesDown, in lower taxonomic levelsDown, in lower taxonomic levelsNot reported
f__DehalobacteriaceaeFirmicutesDownNot reportedNot reported
f__LachnospiraceaeFirmicutesWithin the family genera, both going up and downDown, in lower taxonomic levelsNot reported
f__RuminococcaceaeFirmicutesDown, in lower taxonomic levelsDownNot reported
f__VeillonellaceaeFirmicutesNot reportedUpNot reported
f__ErysipelotrichaceaeFirmicutesDown, in lower taxonomic levelsNot reportedDown, in lower taxonomic levels
f__StreptococcaceaeFirmicutesNot reportedNot reportedDown
p__ProteobacteriaUpNot reportedNot reported
c__BetaproteobacteriaProteobacteriaUpNot reportedNot reported
o__BurkholderialesProteobacteriaUpNot reportedNot reported
p__TenericutesDownNot reportedDown
c__MollicutesTenericutesDownNot reportedDown
f__AnaeroplasmataceaeTenericutesNot reportedNot reportedDown
f__VerrucomicrobiaceaeVerrucomicrobiaDown, in lower taxonomic levelsNot reportedNot reported
  • k__, kingdom; p__; phylum; c__ , class; o__ , order; f__, family.

  • *313 patients with IBD including 188 patients with Crohn's disease (CD); 582 healthy controls; stool only.

  • Cell Host Microbe 2014; 447 patients with CD; 221 controls; stool and biopsy.

  • Genome Biology 2012; 204 patients with IBD including 121 patients with CD and 27 controls; stool and biopsy.

  • §Gastroenterology 2010; 40 twin pairs concordant or discordant for CD/UC (23 CD pairs, 15 UC pairs, 2 healthy pairs).

  • FDR, false discovery rate.