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Spinal cord injury

Compared within 2 studies that had both: 75 people with spinal cord injury and 54 healthy people. 6 genera are less common in people with spinal cord injury, and 15 more common.

A difference is an association: it doesn’t mean these genera cause, prevent or treat spinal cord injury. GMrepo reports this group at the genus level only, so these are genera, not species.

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Less common in spinal cord injury · 6

Strongest first, then the biggest gap · Each figure is 10 people Strongest first · Each figure is 10 people
  1. Coprococcus genus in 2 studies Healthy 90% spinal cord injury 56%
  2. Faecalitalea genus in 2 studies Healthy 52% spinal cord injury 16%
  3. Marvinbryantia genus in 2 studies Healthy 55% spinal cord injury 19%
  4. Tyzzerella genus in 2 studies Healthy 52% spinal cord injury 24%
  5. Solobacterium genus in 2 studies Healthy 47% spinal cord injury 21%

More common in spinal cord injury · 15

Strongest first, then the biggest gap · Each figure is 10 people Strongest first · Each figure is 10 people
  1. Clostridioides genus in 2 studies Healthy 0% spinal cord injury 41%
  2. Christensenella genus in 2 studies Healthy 3.8% spinal cord injury 40%
  3. Hungatella genus in 2 studies Healthy 16% spinal cord injury 60%
  4. Eisenbergiella genus in 2 studies Healthy 10% spinal cord injury 52%
  5. Ligilactobacillus genus in 2 studies Healthy 8.8% spinal cord injury 49%

As many carry these · 8 the amount differs

Strongest first, then the biggest gap · Each figure is 10 people Strongest first · Each figure is 10 people
  1. Monoglobus genus in 2 studies Healthy 90% spinal cord injury 76%

    Carriers have about a third as much, in 2 of 2 studies (0.43% → 0.08% of their gut microbes).

  2. Ruminococcus genus in 2 studies Healthy 89% spinal cord injury 75%

    Carriers have about a third as much, in 2 of 2 studies (0.89% → 0.30% of their gut microbes).

  3. Romboutsia genus in 2 studies Healthy 95% spinal cord injury 91%

    Carriers have about a third as much, in 2 of 2 studies (2.0% → 0.30% of their gut microbes).

Where these numbers come from

Studies
Only GMrepo projects that had people with the condition and healthy people, 10 or more of each. Numbers come from those studies, never from pooling.Sampled in China.
How common
The share of people whose sample has any of it, in the people with the condition and in the healthy people of those same studies. Tested within studies (Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel, corrected for testing many microbes); a difference counts when it is clear and meaningful (Cohen’s h of 0.2 or more).
Strength word
Counted by code from how many studies point the same way: Seen again and again (3 or more, none clearly the other way), Seen more than once (2, the majority), Seen once (1, listed last). Where studies disagree, a row isn’t listed.
Each study
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Analysis
Our analysis of GMrepo data. GMrepo on Data sources · Read the rules

Also compared · 116 genera

Compared within studies that had both, but not listed above.

Studies disagree · 41

No meaningful difference · 75
PubMed · human studies and reviews first

Recent research

All research on it
  1. Randomized trial Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2025
    Multiomic Analysis of the Gut Microbiome and Serum Metabolome in Response to a Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diet in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury.
    PubMed ↗
  2. Randomized trial Scientific reports · 2025
    Effects of Uro-Vaxom vs. placebo on the urinary tract microbiome in individuals with spinal cord injury in a randomized controlled pilot trial (Uro-Vaxom pilot).
    PubMed ↗
  3. Randomized trial Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022
    Effects of a Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diet on Gut Microbiome Composition in Insulin-Resistant Individuals With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Preliminary Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial.
    PubMed ↗
  4. Systematic review Spinal cord · 2022
    Systematic review of the changes in the microbiome following spinal cord injury: animal and human evidence.
    PubMed ↗

Source: PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine · 4 linked papers, last 10 years