This is a list of bacteria that have been identified as promoting or causing: Uncontrolled growth of tissue in the body Cancer Carcinomas Tumors (including benign or slow growing) Neoplasms Sarcomas Precancerous lesions Coinfectious agent promoting the above growths
Species or genera Species or generaPossibly associated cancersRefBacteroides fragilisColon cancer.Borrelia burgdorferiMALT lymphoma.Campylobacter jejuniImmunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID), which is rare a type of MALT lymphoma.Chlamydia pneumoniaLung MALT lymphoma.Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia)Cervical cancer.Chlamydophila psittaciOcular/adnexal lymphoma (forms of eye cancer).Clostridium sspColon cancer.Cutibacterium acnesBladder and prostate cancer.Fusobacterium nucleatumColorectal cancerHelicobacter bilisBiliary cancers (such as gallbladder and biliary tract cancers).Helicobacter bizzozeroniiGastric MALT lymphoma.Helicobacter felisGastric MALT lymphoma.Helicobacter heilmanniiMarginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the stomach.Helicobacter hepaticusBiliary cancer.Helicobacter pyloriStomach cancer, Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the stomach, and bile duct cancerHelicobacter salomonisGastric MALT lymphoma.Helicobacter suisGastric MALT lymphoma.Mycoplasma sppStomach, colon, ovarian, and lung cancers (particularly M. fermentans, M. penetrans, M. hyorhinis).Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea)Bladder cancer and possibly prostate cancer.Salmonella enterica serovar ParatyphiBiliary cancer.Salmonella enterica serovar TyphimuriumBiliary cancer.Streptococcus bovisColorectal cancerTreponema pallidum (syphilis)Bladder cancer and possibly prostate cancer.
See also Carcinogenic bacteria Sexually transmitted disease Infectious causes of cancer Chronic diseases and cancers linked to infectious microbes List of infectious diseases Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori - featured list
References
Further reading Cornwall, Claudia. Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2013) Lanham, Maryland. .