Involvement of gut microbiota dysbiosis in CRC

Phyla and species concerned by dysbiosis in CRCReference
Infection with S. bovis a risk factor for colon tumors[52]
High enrichment of Fusobacteria in colorectal carcinoma tissue[53]
ETBF, and Fusobacterium nucletum are highly expressed in CRC tissue[54]
Firmicutes and Fusobacteria were over-represented whereas Proteobacteria was under-represented in CRC patients; Lactococcus and Fusobacterium is more abundant while Pseudomonas and Escherichia-Shigella reduced in cancerous tissues versus adjacent tissues[55]
Mucosa-associated E. coli of the B2 phylogroup more prevalent in CRC tissues[56]
Fusobacterium nucleatum isolated from tumor tissue and proved to be invasive in the in vitro experiments[57]
B. fragilis, Enterococcus Escherichia-Shigella, Klebsiella, Streptococcus, and Peptostreptococcus is abundant in CRC patients, while Roseburia- and Lachnospiraceae-related OTUs more abundant in healthy controls[58]
CRC patients have a lower microbiota diversity and Clostridia abundance, with a high abundance of Fusobacterium and Porphyromonas at the genus level[59]
Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium, and Blautia reduction, while Fusobacterium enrichment in the CRC patients; stool samples in CRC patients enriched with Paraprevotella, Eubacterium[60]
Association of Clostridioides difficile with CRC revealed by anti-tcdB antibodies in plasma, particularly the IgA level; anti-tcdB antibodies as candidate serologic markers for CRC[61]
Bacteroidetes cluster 1 and Firmicutes cluster 1 decreased in CRC mucosa, whereas Bacteroidetes cluster 2, Firmicutes cluster 2, pathogen cluster, and Prevotella cluster increased in CRC mucosa; compositional alterations in the microbiota differ between distal and proximal cancers[62]

S. bovis: Streptococcus bovis; ETBF: enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis; E. coli: Escherichia coli; F. nucleatum: Fusobacterium nucleatum; B. fragilis: Bacteroides fragilis; OTUs: operational taxonomic units; tcdB: clostridium difficile toxin B; IgA: immunoglobulin A