Table 2

Bacteria species associated with COVID-19 patients during hospitalisation

Species†Mean relative abundance (%)*
PhylumAssociation cohortCOVID-19Non-COVID-19
Ruminococcus gnavus Firmicutes COVID-194.641.82
Bacteroides dorei Bacteroidetes COVID-193.030.74
Ruminococcus torques Firmicutes COVID-194.442.27
Bacteroides vulgatus Bacteroidetes COVID-192.841.14
Bacteroides ovatus Bacteroidetes COVID-191.920.62
Bacteroides caccae Bacteroidetes COVID-191.460.41
Akkermansia muciniphila Verrucomicrobia COVID-191.060.77
Bifidobacterium adolescentis Actinobacteria Non-COVID-193.947.78
Eubacterium rectale Firmicutes Non-COVID-193.146.78
Ruminococcus bromii Firmicutes Non-COVID-192.195.73
Subdoligranulum unclassified Firmicutes Non-COVID-192.394.90
Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum Actinobacteria Non-COVID-191.943.83
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Firmicutes Non-COVID-193.695.89
Collinsella aerofaciens Actinobacteria Non-COVID-192.584.49
Ruminococcus obeum Firmicutes Non-COVID-191.692.40
Dorea longicatena Firmicutes Non-COVID-191.091.50
Coprococcus comes Firmicutes Non-COVID-190.991.37
Dorea formicigenerans Firmicutes Non-COVID-191.351.53
  • *Mean relative abundance >1% in either cohort.

  • †Ordered by logarithmic discriminant analysis score reported by linear discriminant analysis effect size.