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World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. Dec 22, 2025; 16(4): 113488
Published online Dec 22, 2025. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v16.i4.113488
Table 3 Microorganisms highlighted in dysbiosis of ocular diseases
Ocular disease category
Implicated micro-organisms increase
Implicated micro-organisms decrease
UveitisMalassezia, Candida, Candida, Aspergillus gracilisFaecalibacterium, Lachnospira, Ruminococcus, Bacteroides
Behcet’s syndromeVeillonellaceae, SuccinivibrionaceaeBacteroidaceae
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndromeRamularia, Alternaria and Rhizophagus, AlistipesMethanoculleus, Candidatus Methanomethylophilus and Azospirillum Dorea
Retinal artery occlusionActinobacter, Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides, Faecalibacterium
Age related macular degenerationRuminococcus, Oscillibacter, Anaerotruncus, Eubacterium
Diabetic retinopathyBacteriodes, Bifidobacterium, BurkholderiaceaeFirmicutes, Actinobacteria, Faecalibacterium, Clostridium, Escherichia Shigella, Coriobacteriaceae, Veillonellaceae, Streptococcaceae
MyopiaBifidobacterium, Bacteroides, Megamonas, Faecalibacterium, Coprococcus, Dorea, Roseburia, and Blautia
Retinopathy of prematurityEnterobacteriaceae
Idiopathic intracranial hypertensionLactobacillus, Atopobium, Megamonas, Ruminococcus, Streptococcus
GlaucomaPrevotellaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coliMegamonas, Bacterioides
Fungal keratitisBifidobacterium, Lactospira, Faecalibacterium, Lachnospira, Ruminococcus, Mitsuokella, Megasphera and Lachnospiraceae
Bacterial keratitisDialister, Megasphaera, Faecalibacterium, Lachnospira, Ruminococcus, Mitsuokella, Firmicutes, Veillonellaceae, Ruminococcaceae and Lachnospiraceae
Sjögren syndromeBacteriodetes, Alistipes, Streptococcus, Prevotella, Odoribacter, Actinomycetaceae, Eggerthellaceae, Lactobacillaceae, Akkermanciaceae, Coriobacteriaceae, and EubacteriaceaeFaecalibacterium, Prevotella, and Ruminococcus, Actinobacteria, Bifidobacterium, Dorea, Agathobacter
Grave’s diseaseFirmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Bacteroides, Ruminococcus gnavus


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