Table 1 Microbial species associated with the respective cancer

Colorectal cancer

Streptococcus gallolyticus, Bacteroides fragilis, Solobacterium moorei, Fusobacterium nucleatum

[202,203,204]

Pancreatic cancer

Porphyromonas, A. Actinomycetemcomitans Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Malassezia

[205,206,207]

Brain cancer /glioma

Enrerobacteriaceae, Fusobacterium, Akkermansia

[72, 208]

Gastric cancer

Helicobacter pylori

[209]

Ovarian cancer

Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis, Bacteriodete, Firmicutes

[210, 211]

Lung cancer

Actinomyces, Haemophilus, Streptococcus

[212, 213]

Breast cancer

Lactobacilli, Bacteroide fragilis, Clostridia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Escherichia coli

Lactobacillus helvecticus R389, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus

[127]

Cervical

Fusobacterium spp, Mycoplasma genitalium, Chlamydia trachomatis

[214,215,216]

Glioblastoma

Peptostreptococcaceae, Eubacterium brachy

Ruminococcaceae, Anaerostipes, Faecalibacterium, LachnospiraceaeUCG004, Phascolarctobacterium, Prevotella7, Streptococcus

[217, 218]

Larynx

Fusobacterium nucleatum, Streptococcus spp, Prevotella spp, Helicobactor pylori

Streptococcus spp

[219, 220]

Prostate

Cutibacterium acnes, Shewanella, Microbacterium sp, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus anginosusi, Propionibacterium acnesi

Botulinum toxin A, Staphylococcus aureus

[220,221,222,223,224]

Oral squamous cell carcinoma

Capnocytophaga gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Carnobacterium spp, Tannerella spp, Parvimonas spp, Filifactor spp, Candida

Lactobacillus plantarum

[225,226,227,228,229]

Bladder

Prevotella spp, Alistipes spp, Barnesiella spp, Parabacteroides spp, Lachnospiracea_incertae_sedis, Staphylococcus spp, Parvimonas spp, Proteniphilum spp, Saccharofermentans spp, Klebsiella spp

Actinobacteria

[230,231,232]

Head and neck

Stenotrophomonas, Comamonadacea, Fusobacterium, Peptostreptococcus

[233, 238]