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Bacteroides spp. anaerobically cultured in blood agar medium

Yersinia enterocolitica colonies growing on XLD agar plates This article lists some of the species recognized as human flora in humans. Contents [hide] 1 Whole-body distributed 2 Natural cavities 3 Skin 3.1 Hair follicles 4 External ear 5 Mucous membranes 6 Eye 6.1 Conjunctive 7 Gastro-intestinal tract 8 Respiratory tract 9 Urogenital tract 10 References 11 External links

Whole-body distributed[edit]

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Burkholderia cepacia Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes Peptostreptococcus spp Natural cavities[edit]

Fusobacterium necrophorum Eubacterium spp Microbacterium spp Skin[edit]

Staphylococcus aureus Acinetobacter spp Bacillus spp Candida albicans Corynebacterium spp Corynebacterium parvum Demodex folliculorum Enterobacter cloacae Epidermophyton floccosum Micrococcus spp Micrococcus luteus

Mycobacterium spp Neisseria spp Peptostreptococcus spp Pityrosporum ovale Propionibacterium spp Propionibacterium acnes Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sarcina spp Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis Staphylococcus haemolyticus Streptococcus viridans Trichophyton spp Hair follicles[edit] Staphylococcus aureus External ear[edit]

Corynebacterium spp Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis Mucous membranes[edit]

Chlamydia trachomatis Hemophilus influenzae Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis

Eye[edit]

Conjunctive[edit] Chlamydia trachomatis Chlamydophila pneumoniae Haemophilus aegyptius Haemophilus influenzae Moraxella spp Neisseria spp Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis Streptococcus viridians Gastro-intestinal tract[edit]

Escherichia coli [hide]Binomial name Location

Achromobacter sppLarge intestine, small intestine (Ileon) Acidaminococcus fermentans Acinetobacter cacoaceticus Actinomyces spp Large intestine Large intestine

Amygdala[citation needed] Mouth Mouth

Actinomyces viscosus Actinomyces naeslundii Aeromonas spp

Large intestine, small intestine (Ileon) Mouth

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Anaerobiospirillum spp Alcaligenes faecalis Arachnia propionica

Feces Large intestine, small intestine (Ileon) Mouth

Bacillus spp Large intestine Bacteroides spp Mouth, amygdala Mouth

Bacteroides gingivalis

Bacteroides fragilis General distribution Bacteroides intermedius Mouth Bacteroides melaninogenicus Bacteroides pneumosintes Bacterionema matruchotii (Corynebacterium matruchotii, new combination 1983 IJSB 33:438) Gingiva Bifidobacterium spp Buchnera aphidicola Large intestine, feces Mouth Mouth, feces Pharynx

Butyriviberio fibrosolvens Large intestine Campylobacter spp Large intestine Campylobacter coli General distribution Campylobacter sputorum Mouth Campylobacter upsaliensis Candida albicans Mouth Mouth Mouth

Capnocytophaga spp Clostridium spp

Large intestine, small intestine (Ileon)

Citrobacter freundii Sputum Clostridium difficile Large intestine Clostridium sordellii anus channel Stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectus,

Corynebacterium spp

Mouth

Eikenella corrodensGeneral distribution, mouth Enterobacter cloacae Enterococcus spp General distribution

Mouth, amygdala General distribution General distribution

Enterococcus faecalis Enterococcus faecium Escherichia coli Eubacterium spp

General distribution Mouth Large intestine, small intestine (Ileon)

Flavobacterium spp

Fusobacterium spp Mouth, amygdala Fusobacterium nucleatumMouth Gordonia Bacterium spp Sputum Haemophilius parainfluenzae Haemophilus paraphrophilus Lactobacillus spp Mouth Mouth

Mouth, Saliva Mouth Intestines

Leptotrichia buccalis

Methanobrevibacter smithii Morganella morganii Feces

Mycobacteria spp Large intestine, small intestine (Ileon) Mycoplasma spp Micrococcus spp Mycoplasma spp Large intestine, small intestine (Ileon) Mouth, Amygdala Mouth

Mycobacterium chelonae Sputum Neisseria spp Neisseria sicca Peptococcus spp Mouth Saliva, sputum Mouth, large intestine

Peptostreptococcus spp

Mouth, amygdala

Plesiomonas shigelloides General distribution Porphyromonas gingivalis Mouth Propionibacterium spp Large intestine

Propionibacterium acnes General distribution Providencia spp Feces

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Large intestine, small intestine (Ileon) Ruminococcus bromii Rothia dentocariosa Large intestine Mouth

Ruminococcus spp Cecum, large intestine Sarcina spp Large intestine Staphylococcus aureus Mouth, large intestine, small intestine (Ileon) Mouth

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Streptococcus anginosus General distribution Streptococcus mutans Streptococcus oralis Teeth: Dental plaque Teeth: Dental plaque Amygdala

Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus sobrinus Streptococcus viridans Torulopsis glabrata Mouth Treponema denticola Treponema refringens Veillonella spp Vibrio spp Mouth Mouth

Teeth: Dental plaque Mouth, large intestine, small intestine (Ileon)

Mouth, amygdala, large Intestine

Large intestine, Small intestine (Ileon) Mouth Mouth

Vibrio sputorum

Wolinella succinogenes

Yersinia enterocolitica Respiratory tract[edit]

Large intestine

Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph showing Salmonella typhimurium (red) invading cultured human cells [hide]Binomial name Location

Acinetobacter spp Nasopharynx Bacteroides pneumosintes Pharynx

Bordetella parapertussis General distribution Burkholderia cepacia complex Lung

Campylobacter sputorum Nasopharynx Candida albicans Pharynx Nose Lung

Cardiobacterium spp

Chlamydophila pneumoniae Citrobacter freundii Throat

Eikenella corrodensGeneral distribution Haemophilus spp Nasopharynx Pharynx Pharynx

Haemophilius parainfluenzae Haemophilus paraphrophilus

Kingella spp Upper respiratory Tract Kingella kingae Moraxella spp Upper respiratory Tract Nasopharynx Nasopharynx

Moraxella catarrhalis

Mycoplasma orale Oropharynx

Mycoplasma pneumoniae Respiratory epithelium Neisseria spp Neisseria cinerea Nasopharynx Nasopharynx

Neisseria elongata Pharynx Neisseria gonorrhoeae Pharynx[citation needed]

Neisseria lactamicaNasopharynx Neisseria meningitidis Neisseria mucosa Neisseria sicca Peptococcus spp Nasopharynx

Nasopharynx Nasopharynx Upper respiratory tract Pharynx

Peptostreptococcus spp

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Selenomonas sputigena Staphylococcus aureus Nasopharynx Nose

Streptobacillus spp Throat, nasopharynx Streptococcus constellatus Streptococcus intermedius Streptococcus mitis Oropharynx Oropharynx

General distribution

Streptococcus pyogenes Upper respiratory tract Streptococcus viridans Urogenital tract[edit] Pharynx

[hide]Binomial name

Location

Acinetobacter spp Anterior urethra, vagina Bacteroides spp External genitalia Vagina

Bifidobacterium spp

Candida albicans

Anterior urethra, external genitalia, vagina Urethra, vagina, fallopian tubes, prostate gland

Chlamydia trachomatis Clostridium spp

Vagina Anterior urethra, external genitalia, vagina

Corynebacterium spp

EnterobacteriaceaeAnterior urethra, external genitalia, vagina Neisseria gonorrhoeae Streptococcus viridans Urethra, vagina, prostate gland Anterior urethra, external genitalia, vagina

Eikenella corrodensGeneral distribution Streptococcus anginosus General distribution Staphylococcus aureus Gardnerella vaginalis Mycoplasma hominis Perineum Female reproductive system Cervix, vagina

Mobiluncus curtisii Vagina Mobiluncus mulieris Vagina