National Library of Medicine Citations for Functional constipation / chronic idiopathic constipation

The following have had published studies. These are report on the averages of a group of patients; they do not apply to all patients and are not necessary predictive.

Some studies were done on people with specific conditions, ethnic origin or diet style (i.e. traditional Chinese Diet versus Western Diet), which may be why some shifts are in opposite directions.

See this post about overlapping bacteria/taxa and possible progression of conditions.

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Note these are associations and not causation. Items being high or low may be part of the immune response.

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A percentile below 20% can be deemed to be low, and above 80% as high. These are arbitrary values.

Tax Rank Tax Name Shift Percentile Distribution Citation Link
class Bacteroidia (NCBI:200643 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
family Enterobacteriaceae (NCBI:543 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
family Erysipelotrichaceae (NCBI:128827 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
family Ruminococcaceae (NCBI:541000 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Acidaminococcus (NCBI:904 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Alistipes (NCBI:239759 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bacteroides (NCBI:816 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bacteroides (NCBI:816 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bacteroides (NCBI:816 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bacteroides (NCBI:816 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bacteroides (NCBI:816 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bacteroides (NCBI:816 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bifidobacterium (NCBI:1678 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bifidobacterium (NCBI:1678 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Bifidobacterium (NCBI:1678 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Butyricimonas (NCBI:574697 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Butyricimonas (NCBI:574697 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Clostridium (NCBI:1485 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Clostridium (NCBI:1485 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Coprococcus (NCBI:33042 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Coprococcus (NCBI:33042 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Epulopiscium (NCBI:2383 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Faecalibacterium (NCBI:216851 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Faecalibacterium (NCBI:216851 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Fusicatenibacter (NCBI:1407607 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Fusicatenibacter (NCBI:1407607 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Klebsiella (NCBI:570 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Lachnospira (NCBI:28050 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Lactobacillus (NCBI:1578 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Lactococcus (NCBI:1357 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Megamonas (NCBI:158846 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Oscillospira (NCBI:119852 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Parabacteroides (NCBI:375288 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Prevotella (NCBI:838 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Prevotella (NCBI:838 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Prevotella (NCBI:838 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Prevotella (NCBI:838 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Pseudobutyrivibrio (NCBI:46205 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Roseburia (NCBI:841 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Roseburia (NCBI:841 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Roseburia (NCBI:841 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Ruminiclostridium (NCBI:1508657 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
genus Ruminococcus (NCBI:1263 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
phylum Bacteroidetes (NCBI:976 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
phylum Firmicutes (NCBI:1239 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
phylum Firmicutes (NCBI:1239 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
phylum Proteobacteria (NCBI:1224 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
phylum Proteobacteria (NCBI:1224 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species [Ruminococcus] torques (NCBI:33039 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Alistipes finegoldii (NCBI:214856 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Bacteroides caccae (NCBI:47678 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Bacteroides fragilis (NCBI:817 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Bacteroides fragilis (NCBI:817 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Bacteroides ovatus (NCBI:28116 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Bifidobacterium longum (NCBI:216816 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Escherichia coli (NCBI:562 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Lactococcus lactis (NCBI:1358 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Methanobrevibacter smithii (NCBI:2173 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Parabacteroides gordonii (NCBI:574930 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Phocaeicola coprophilus (NCBI:387090 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Prevotella copri (NCBI:165179 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Prevotella stercorea (NCBI:363265 ) Low Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Roseburia intestinalis (NCBI:166486 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed
species Staphylococcus aureus (NCBI:1280 ) High Distribution    ๐Ÿ“š PubMed

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