Candida tropicalis
No reference ID-gene sequence in NCBI yet Data sources
Formerly Atelosaccharomyces tropicalis.
Like ours, its cells keep their DNA in a nucleus, and genomes like that run bigger, so we don’t rank it with the gut bacteria and archaea.
To scale: if its ID gene were 1 cm long, its genome would stretch 97 meters. Yours would stretch 21 kilometers. One reference genome; strains vary. NCBI GCF_000006335.3
What it can do
- Can ferment fiber Breaks down dietary fiber that our own enzymes can't.
All 13 capabilities and their evidence
| Capability | Verdict | Genome analysis | Lab tests | Published research |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can ferment fiber | Can | — | — | Papers say yes |
| Can make butyrate | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can make propionate | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can make lactic acid | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can eat inulin | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can eat resistant starch | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can eat pectin | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can use lactose | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can feed on gut mucus | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can change bile acids | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can make B vitamins | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can make hydrogen sulfide | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
| Can make methane | Not checked | — | — | No papers |
AGORA2 (Heinken et al. 2023) via VMH, CC BY 4.0 · BacDive (DSMZ), CC BY 4.0 · NJC19 (Lim et al., Scientific Data 2020), CC0
In healthy guts
Found in under 1% of healthy people.
- largest Segatella copri 6.2%
- 2nd largest Phocaeicola vulgatus 5.0%
- 3rd largest Faecalibacterium prausnitzii 4.7%
- 4th largest Bacteroides uniformis 3.2%
- 5th largest Agathobacter rectalis 2.5%
- 6th largest Alistipes putredinis 2.3%
- 7th largest Bifidobacterium longum 2.1%
- 8th largest Ruminococcus bromii 1.8%
- Candida tropicalis under 0.01%
- 2,169 other microbes, each a sliver 56.7%
- 15.6%
On average, a sliver, under 0.01% of the microbes in a healthy gut.
Every group, drawn the same way. Only some samples record age or sex, so each group says how many people it comes from. Tap one to see it above.