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Table 4 Interaction between the mycobiome and bacterial microbiome

From: The human mycobiome in health and disease

Mycobiome

Bacterial microbiome

Positive or negative correlation

Body sites; disease

Citation

Aspergillus spp.

Blastomyces spp.

Mycobacterium spp.

Positive

Lung; aspergillosis

[39]

Candida spp.

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus aureus

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Enterococcus spp.

Positive

Not applicable; implant- and catheter-related infections

[71]

 

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Fusobacterium periodontium

Fusobacterium sulci

Streptococcus gordonii

Streptococcus mutans

Positive

Oral cavity; healthy

[72–74]

 

Lactobacillus acidophilus

Lactobacillus casei

Negative

Intestine; systematic candidiasis

[75]

 

Lactobacillus spp.

Negative

Female reproductive tract; fungal vulvovaginitis

[76]

Candida spp.

Torulopsis glabrata

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Aspergillus fumigatus

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas cepacia

Negative

Lung; CF

[40]