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Posted 1/18/2014 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
I suspect that things I have taken in the past have lead to the small variety of strains in my stool. I had antibiotics prior to coming down with UC as part of surgery to repair a sliced tendon in my finger. I took antibiotics when dealing with a perianal abscess/fistuala. I took antibiotics this past summer to combat Lyme disease as well as olive leaf extract and oil of oregano but this was after my sample was taken. I also took MMS a few years back and it killed off lots of stuff.

Since the feces pill is not available yet and I have no good candidates for a fecal transplant, I plan to start shooting up some probiotics up the dark passage and then get another sample tested eventually. Maybe I'll try uBiome next time to see if they have any better tools for comparing and understanding a sample.
Posted 1/18/2014 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah. I have this huge overabundance of a staph bacteria but there are like 40 different subspecies of which I have no idea which ones I actually have. Most of them are pretty benign but some are not. I'm going to run this stuff I have by my GI and get his opinion. I don't even have an already scheduled appointment yet. I'm also doing much better right now than when I sent in the sample so who knows what my current sample would show.
Posted 1/21/2014 11:51 AM (GMT 0)
I ran into this article this morning which summarizes numerous studies.

Role of commensal gut bacteria in inflammatory bowel diseases
Posted 1/21/2014 1:51 PM (GMT 0)
BTW< when I looked at uBiome page the other day, they had a special deal for $99 and free shipping you got 2 kits if you signed up for one of the 10 diets/treatments they have. THe study is a before/after (4 weeks) comparison of diets such as: Paleo, veg, GF, "mindfulness eating" etc Or you could try your own before/after experiment I suppose....not promoting uBiome but some have expressed interest in doing a before/after study and this is your chance. I did submit my sample months ago and it is taking a while.
Posted 1/21/2014 9:35 PM (GMT 0)
I got my American Gut results as well! At the time of sample, I was feeling great and taking VSL#3 DS. Evidently I'm in the over-abundance of Firmicutes camp, and I'm missing some of the more common low-volume species all together:

Me______Average
63.1%___43.3% Firmicutes
29.8%___42.3% Bacteroidetes
06.1%__08.5% Proteobacteria
00.9%__02.2% Actinobacteria
00.0%___02.9% Verrucomicrobia
00.0%___00.6% Tenericutes
00.1%___<0.1% Cyanobacteria
00.0%___>0.0% Fusobacteria
00.0%___<0.1% Other

Your sample contained 6 rare and taxa, including the following: Genus Lysinibacillus, Genus
Granulicatella, Genus Leuconostoc, Genus Burkholderia, Genus Trabulsiella.


All of these different kinds of bugs is a bit terrifying. Why don't I have some? Why do I have others? And most importantly, when we be able to fix it?!!!!!
Posted 1/21/2014 11:12 PM (GMT 0)
I wonder how many people had "rare taxa"? I think I had one. Maybe our problem lies with these rare taxa but everyone's is a different one. Maybe our immune systems are fighting the rare taxa.
Posted 1/22/2014 12:06 PM (GMT 0)
@Little Buddy: Is your Taxa Summary available as well? It provides much more detail. Unfortunately, finding detailed descriptions of each kind of bacteria has been very challenging.

@garylouisville: I had no rare taxa detected in my sample.
Posted 1/24/2014 11:12 AM (GMT 0)
I grabbed my American Gut data and loaded it on to MG-RAST and had it do metagenomes analysis of my sample. It allowed me to get more information all of the way down to the strain level.

I was then able to compare my sample to strains in 16 probiotics (Align, CUSTOM PROBIOTICS Adult Formula CP-1, Culturelle, Dr. Ohhira's Probiotics 12+, Jarro-Dophilus EPS, Jarrow Formulas SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII+MOS, Mutaflor, Natren Healthy Trinity,Nature's Bounty Ultra Strength Advanced Probiotic 10 – 20 Billion, Natural Factors Double Strength Ultimate Multi Probiotic, Prescript-Assist, Primal Defense, Sustenex, Udo's Choice Super Bifido Plus Probiotic, Ultimate Flora Critical Care 50 Billion, VSL#3).

I had four of the strains in my sample: Bacillus pumilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactococcus lactis, and Pseudomonas fluorescens.

It's been almost four years since I last took probiotics but I have had plenty of antibiotics since then.

I plan to load up on probiotics for about a month and then in a few months submit a new sample for analysis. This will allow me to check to see if any take up residence.
Posted 3/6/2014 2:04 PM (GMT 0)
Just got my uBiome results in beta form. Interesting in that they are not as whacked out as I thought, however, the sample was done in Aug 2013 when I was only mildly flaring. I eat few animal products, cook a lot using ingredients and not processed foods. No history of long term antiobiotic use. Just thought I would share. Sure did take a long time to get results...now that I have been using nicotine patches with great success it would be interesting to see if the population has shifted.

http://www.anony.ws/i/2014/03/06/hfd5Q.jpg
Posted 3/6/2014 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
Little buddy, your results are FASCINATING to me! We're you eating fermented foods too or just vsl#3?

You have a possible bacteria family that includes a pesticide that has genes from bacillus thurgenesis(round up) spliced in.. I've been looking at it for a bit.. Does it have any percentages to the rare bacteria?

Post Edited (PathogenKiller) : 3/6/2014 11:09:54 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 3/6/2014 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
Little buddy, did you send your sample in during summer? Do you live in a mosquito prone area?
Posted 3/6/2014 11:27 PM (GMT 0)
Didn't realize there was already a thread about gut bacteria tests. The odd thing is that ubiome's averages are totally different than American gut. Little buddy you actually have a "normal" amount of Firmicutes based on 63.84% average on uBiome. I hope American Gut and uBiome combine their data to give it much more strength.
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