List of oncogenic bacteria

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Bacteria involved in causing and treating cancers

This is a list of bacteria that have been identified as promoting or causing:

Species or genera Possibly associated cancers Ref
Bacteroides fragilis Colon cancer. [1]
Borrelia burgdorferi MALT lymphoma. [2]

Campylobacter jejuni

 Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID), which is rare a type of MALT lymphoma. [2]
Chlamydia pneumonia Lung MALT lymphoma. [2]
Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) Cervical cancer. [2]
Chlamydophila psittaci Ocular/adnexal lymphoma (forms of eye cancer). [2]
Clostridium ssp Colon cancer. [2]
Cutibacterium acnes Bladder and prostate cancer. [2]
Fusobacterium nucleatum Colorectal cancer [3]
Helicobacter bilis Biliary cancers (such as gallbladder and biliary tract cancers). [2]
Helicobacter bizzozeronii Gastric MALT lymphoma. [2]
Helicobacter felis Gastric MALT lymphoma. [2]
Helicobacter heilmannii Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the stomach. [2][4]
Helicobacter hepaticus Biliary cancer. [2]
Helicobacter pylori Stomach cancer, Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the stomach, and bile duct cancer [2][5][6]
Helicobacter salomonis Gastric MALT lymphoma. [2]
Helicobacter suis Gastric MALT lymphoma. [2]
Mycoplasma spp Stomach, colon, ovarian, and lung cancers (particularly M. fermentans, M. penetrans, M. hyorhinis). [2]
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea) Bladder cancer and possibly prostate cancer. [2]
Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi Biliary cancer. [7][8][2]
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Biliary cancer. [9][2]
Streptococcus bovis Colorectal cancer [10]
Treponema pallidum (syphilis) Bladder cancer and possibly prostate cancer. [2]

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