We use a subjective scale and leave the reader to translate the lab reports appropriately. If the bacteria are identified as bad/pathogenic and you are low, then do not enter them.
Bacteria Reported Level Also Known as Comment
Acinetobacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Acinetobacter| Acinetobacter Brisou and Prevot 1954
Bacillus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Bacillus| Bacillus Cohn 1872| Bacillus rRNA group 1
Pathogen
Bacteroides [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Ristella" Prevot 1938| Bacteroides| Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shah and Collins 1989| Capsularis| Capsularis Prevot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)| Ristella
Bifidobacterium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bifidibacterium" Prevot 1938| "Tissieria" Pribram 1929| Bifidibacterium| Bifidobacterium| Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924| Tissieria
Citrobacter [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Citrobacter| Citrobacter Werkman and Gillen 1932| Levinea| Levinea Young et al. 1971
Pathogen
Clostridium [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Anaerobacter| Anaerobacter Duda et al. 1996| Clostridium| Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Lawson and Rainey 2016
Pathogen
Corynebacteriaceae [family]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Corynebacteriaceae| Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nouioui et al. 2018| Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt et al. 1997| Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhi et al. 2009| Coryneform bacteria
Enterobacteriaceae [family]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Enterobacteraceae| Enterobacteraceae (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982| Enterobacteriaceae| Enterobacteriaceae (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 1980| Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Adeolu et al. 2016| gamma-3 proteobacteria
Enterococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Enterococcus" Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903| Enterococcus| Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Balz 1984
Escherichia coli [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacillus coli" Migula 1895| "Bacterium coli commune" Escherich 1885| "Bacterium coli" (Migula 1895) Lehmann and Neumann 1896| ATCC 11775| Bacillus coli| bacterium 10a| Bacterium coli| Bacterium coli commune| bacterium E3| CCUG 24| CCUG 29300| CIP 54.8| DSM 30083| E. coli| Enterococcus coli| Escherichia coli| Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919| Escherichia sp. 3_2_53FAA| Escherichia sp. MAR| Escherichia/Shigella coli| JCM 1649| LMG 2092| LMG:2092| NBRC 102203| NCCB 54008| NCTC 9001
Diarrheal disease in children and travelers, Foodborne diarrhea outbreaks, hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Hafnia alvei [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Enterobacter aerogenes subsp. hafniae" Ewing 1963| "Enterobacter alvei" (Mller 1954) Sakazaki 1961| "Enterobacter hafniae" Ewing and Fife 1968| ATCC 13337| CCUG 41547| CIP 57.31| DSM 30163| Enterobacter aerogenes subsp. hafniae| Enterobacter alvei| Enterobacter hafniae| Hafnia alvei| Hafnia alvei Moller 1954| Hafnia alvei sensu stricto genomosp. 1| HAMBI 1279| HAMBI 1876| JCM 1666| LMG 10392| LMG:10392| NCTC 8105| NRRL B-4260
Klebsiella [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Donovania" Anderson et al. 1944| "Hyalococcus" Schroeter 1886| Calymmatobacterium| Calymmatobacterium Aragao and Vianna 1913| Donovania| Hyalococcus| Klebsiella| Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Carter et al. 1999| Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Drancourt et al. 2001
Pathogen
Kluyvera [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Kluyvera| Kluyvera Farmer et al. 1981
Lactobacillus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Lactobacillus| Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cai et al. 2012| Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Haakensen et al. 2009| Paralactobacillus| Paralactobacillus Leisner et al. 2000
Pathogen
Morganella morganii [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Bacillus morgani" (sic) Winslow et al. 1919| "Organism N 1" Morgan 1906| "Salmonella morgani" (sic) (Winslow et al. 1919) Castellani and Chalmers 1919| ATCC 25830| ATCC 8076H| Bacillus morgani| CCUG 6328| CIP 103763| CIP A231| DSM 30164| JCM 1672| LMG 7874| LMG:7874| Morganella morganii| Morganella morganii (Winslow et al. 1919) Brenner et al. 1978 (sic)| Morganella morganii (Winslow et al. 1919) Fulton 1943| NBRC 3848| NCCB 73065| NCTC 235| Organism N 1| Proteus morganii| Proteus morganii (Winslow et al. 1919) Yale 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)| Salmonella morgani
Peptostreptococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Peptostreptococcus| Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Ezaki et al. 1983| Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Ezaki et al. 2001
Pathogen
Proteus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Liquidobacterium" Orla-Jensen 1908| Liquidobacterium| Proteus| Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hyun et al. 2016
Opportunistic urinary tract infections
Providencia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Providencia| Providencia Ewing 1962
Pathogen
Pseudomonas [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Chlorobacterium" Guillebeau 1890, nom. rejic. Opin. 6 (not "Chlorobacterium" Lauterborn 1916)| "Liquidomonas" Orla-Jensen 1909| "Loefflerella" Holden 1935| Chryseomonas| Chryseomonas Holmes et al. 1986| Flavimonas| Liquidomonas| Loefflerella| Pseudomonas| Pseudomonas Migula 1894 emend. Yang et al. 2013| RNA similarity group I| Serpens| Serpens Hespell 1977
Serratia [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Serratia| Serratia Bizio 1823
Pneumonia, urinary tract infections
Staphylococcus aureus [species]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| "Micrococcus aureus" (Rosenbach 1884) Zopf 1885| "Micrococcus pyogenes" Lehmann and Neumann 1896| "Staphlococcus pyogenes citreus" Passet 1885| "Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus" Rosenbach 1884| ATCC 12600| ATCC 12600-U| CCM 885| CCUG 1800| CIP 65.8| DSM 20231| HAMBI 66| JCM 20624| Micrococcus aureus| Micrococcus pyogenes| NBRC 100910| NCAIM B.01065| NCCB 72047| NCTC 8532| Staphlococcus pyogenes citreus| Staphylococcus aureus| Staphylococcus aureus Rosenbach 1884| Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus
Skin infections, sinusitis, food poisoning
Streptococcus [genus]
↓↓↓ Very Low or none
↓↓ Very Low
↓ Low
✓ Normal
↑ High
↑↑ Very High
↑↑↑ Extremely High
| Streptococcus| Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884