probiome Sign in
← Conditions Infections Genus-level

Tuberculosis

Compared within 2 studies that had both: 38 people with tuberculosis and 30 healthy people. 10 genera are less common in people with tuberculosis, and 1 more common.

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

Phylum

Searching opens both lists and shows only matching rows.

Less common in tuberculosis · 10

Strongest first, then the biggest gap · Each figure is 10 people Strongest first · Each figure is 10 people
  1. Faecalibacterium genus in 2 studies Healthy 100% tuberculosis 71%
  2. Parabacteroides genus in 2 studies Healthy 100% tuberculosis 71%
  3. Alistipes genus in 2 studies Healthy 98% tuberculosis 63%
  4. Odoribacter genus in 2 studies Healthy 86% tuberculosis 42%
  5. Fusicatenibacter genus in 2 studies Healthy 81% tuberculosis 37%

More common in tuberculosis · 1

Strongest first, then the biggest gap · Each figure is 10 people Strongest first · Each figure is 10 people
  1. Thomasclavelia genus in 2 studies Healthy 12% tuberculosis 53%

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
Tap a row for every study’s own numbers, and for how much carriers have.
Analysis
Our analysis of GMrepo data. GMrepo on Data sources · Read the rules

Also compared · 70 genera

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

Studies disagree · 1

No meaningful difference · 69
PubMed · human studies and reviews first

Recent research

All research on it
  1. EBioMedicine · 2026
    Investigating the role of baseline gut Akkermansia muciniphila and its co-metabolite palmitoleic acid in BCG vaccine efficacy: a preclinical study.
    PubMed ↗
  2. Scientific reports · 2025
    Distinguishing tuberculosis from non-tuberculous mycobacteria and other respiratory conditions by microbiome patterns.
    PubMed ↗
  3. Scientific reports · 2025
    Clinical metagenomics analysis of bacterial and fungal microbiota from sputum of patients suspected with tuberculosis infection based on nanopore sequencing.
    PubMed ↗
  4. Observational Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
    Effects of second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs on the intestinal microbiota of patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis.
    PubMed ↗
  5. Nature metabolism · 2022
    Ifnar gene variants influence gut microbial production of palmitoleic acid and host immune responses to tuberculosis.
    PubMed ↗

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