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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2026; 18(4): 116918
Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.116918
Table 1 Summary of gut microbiota alterations in acute pancreatitis
Ref.
Type of sample
Subjects
Sequencing methods
Phylum
Genus
Species
Zhang et al[10]FecalAP (n = 45) vs healthy volunteers (n = 44)16S rRNA sequencingIncrease: Bacteroidota, Pseudomonadota. Decrease: Bacillota, Actinomycetota--
Gong et al[11]FecalAP (n = 12) vs healthy controls (n = 12)Metagenomics and culturomicsIncrease: Bacillota, Pseudomonadota. Decrease: BacteroidotaIncrease: Enterococcus, Klebsiella. Decrease: Bacteroides, EubacteriumIncrease: Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, unclassified Enterococcus, Escherichia coli. Decrease: Unclassified Bacteroides, Eubacterium rectale, Prevotella copri
Xie et al[12]FecalAP (n = 86) vs healthy controls (n = 46)16S rRNA sequencing-Increase: Enterococcus, Pseudomonas, Escherichia-Shigella. Decrease: Akkermansia, Lachnoclostridium, Ruminococcus-
Hu et al[13]FecalAP (n = 65) vs healthy volunteers (n = 20)16S rRNA gene sequencingIncrease: Pseudomonadota, BacteroidotaIncrease: Escherichia-Shigella, Bacteroides, Enterococcus. Decrease: BifidobacteriumIncrease: Clostridium ramosum. Decrease: Bifidobacterium longum
He et al[14]FecalSAP (n = 73) vs healthy volunteers (n = 28)-Increase: Pseudomonadota. Decrease: Bacillota, ActinomycetotaIncrease: Escherichia-Shigella, Enterococcus, Klebsiella. Decrease: Blautia, Bifidobacterium, Romboutsia-
Wang et al[15]FecalSAP vs mild AP16S rRNA sequencingIncrease: Pseudomonadota, PlanctomycetotaIncrease: Stenotrophomonas, EnterobacterIncrease: Cloacibacillus evryensis
Ammer-Herrmenau et al[16]FecalSAP (n = 28) vs non-SAP (n = 363)Metagenomic sequencing--Increase: Parabacteroides distasonis, Enterocloster bolteae, Flavonifractor plautii, Dysosmobacter welbionis, Anaerobutyricum hallii, Roseburia hominis, Clostridium CCN A10. Decrease: Lachnospiraceae sp., Lachnospira GAM79, Lachnospira eligens, Finegoldia magna, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Porphyromonas asaccharolytica, Lawsonella clevelandensis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Anaerococcus mediterraneensis
Zhao et al[17]Ileum tissuesAP mice (n = 15) vs control group (n = 10)16S rRNA sequencingIncrease: Verrucomicrobiota. Decrease: Deferribacterota, Actinomycetota, CampylobacterotaIncrease: Muribaculum, Akkermansia, Parabacteroides, Oscillospiraceae_unclassified, Bacteroides. Decrease: Helicobacter, Dietzia-
Fu et al[18]Cecal contentsAP mice vs control group16S rRNA sequencingIncrease: Pseudomonadota, Bacillota. Decrease: BacteroidotaIncrease: Escherichia-Shigella, Bacteroides, Helicobacter. Decrease: Blautia-
Zhang et al[19]Colonic contentsSAP mice vs sham-operated groupRNA and assay for transposase accessible chromatin sequencingIncrease: Pseudomonadota. Decrease: BacillotaIncrease: Escherichia-Shigella, Morganella, Flagellated bacteria. Decrease: Lactobacillus-