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Fusobacterium nucleatum: its interactions

Everything we hold for this microbe: the microbes it lives with, the metabolites it eats and makes, life factors and health. Click any dot to centre the map on it.

Microbes 3

  • Corynebacterium glutamicum
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the aspartate, glutamate and l-lysine F. nucleatum uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Buchnera aphidicola
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the l-methionine F. nucleatum uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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  • Escherichia coli
    Microbes Recorded only Recorded as making the l-threonine F. nucleatum uses. Records show both handle the same compound, not that one feeds the other in a gut. NJC19 records Oct 2026
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Metabolites 26

  • Acetate
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (120 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (120 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 209NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (120 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 209 Oct 2026
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  • Ammonia
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Butyrate
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (48 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (48 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 209NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-asparagine
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • L-aspartate
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 209NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-cysteine
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 1 strain BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-glutamate
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 2 of 11 strains BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-glutamine
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-histidine
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 1 strain BacDive lab tests
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-lysine
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 209NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-serine
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-threonine
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • Lactate
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (107 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 16 of 18 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (107 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (107 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 263 Oct 2026
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  • Propionate
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (48 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Pyruvate
    Metabolites · Eats From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Sulfide
    Metabolites · Makes From genomes (AGORA2) 18 of 18 strains Genome analysis (AGORA2) Oct 2026
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  • Tryptophan
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 12 of 12 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Esculin
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 3 of 6 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Nitrate
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 3 of 13 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Arginine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 13 strains BacDive lab tests
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  • Glucose
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (152 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 5 strains Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (152 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. BacDive lab tests
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  • L-Methionine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • L-Phenylalanine
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 264 Oct 2026
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  • N-Acetylneuraminic acid
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only Papers say yes NJC19 records NJC19 ref 30 Oct 2026
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  • NH3
    Metabolites · Makes Recorded only Papers say yes Made or used by most gut microbes we hold (44 species), so it doesn't link microbes on its own. NJC19 records NJC19 ref 209 Oct 2026
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  • Nitrite
    Metabolites · Eats Recorded only 1 of 3 strains BacDive lab tests
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6 metabolites it can't eat Genome analysis (AGORA2)
Inulin Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 18 genomes
Resistant starch Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 18 genomes
Starch Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 18 genomes
Pectin Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 18 genomes
Lactose Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 18 genomes
Gut mucus Its genomes can't eat it· 0 of 18 genomes
Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.
17 metabolites it can't make Genome analysis (AGORA2)
Succinate Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 18 genomes
Formate Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 18 genomes
Secondary bile acids Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 18 genomes
Thiamin Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 18 genomes
Riboflavin Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 18 genomes
Niacin Its genomes can't make it· 0 of 18 genomes
and 11 more Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

Life factors 0

4 life factors studied, nothing found Studies whose tables list every microbe they tested
Coffee Studied, no clear difference· Manghi 2024
Omnivore Studied, no clear difference· Fackelmann 2025
Vegan Studied, no clear difference· Fackelmann 2025
Vegetarian Studied, no clear difference· Fackelmann 2025
Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.

Health 5

  • ↑ Colorectal cancer
    Health · Condition Compared within datasets · Seen again and again More common in people with it GMrepo, compared within datasets PRJEB53891PRJEB70916PRJNA1050885PRJNA1138893PRJNA1167935PRJNA731589 and 4 more Oct 2026
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  • ↑ Crohn's disease
    Health · Condition Compared within datasets · Seen again and again More common in people with it GMrepo, compared within datasets PRJEB21933PRJEB42155PRJEB76677PRJNA398089PRJNA429990PRJNA793776 and 2 more Oct 2026
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  • ↑ Clostridium infections
    Health · Condition Compared within datasets · Seen once More common in people with it GMrepo, compared within datasets PRJNA648321 Oct 2026
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  • ↑ Cystic fibrosis
    Health · Condition Compared within datasets · Seen once More common in people with it GMrepo, compared within datasets PRJNA314903 Oct 2026
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  • ↑ High blood pressure
    Health · Condition Compared within datasets · Seen once More common in people with it GMrepo, compared within datasets PRJNA509999 Oct 2026
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8 conditions compared, nothing found Our analysis of GMrepo data
Ulcerative colitis Compared, no clear difference· 7 studies
Parkinson's disease Compared, no clear difference· 6 studies
COVID-19 Compared, no clear difference· 3 studies
Neuroblastoma Compared, no clear difference· 2 studies
Atopic dermatitis Compared, no clear difference· 1 study
Loss of appetite Compared, no clear difference· 1 study
and 2 more Nothing found isn't proof of no link: a study can miss a small difference.