The microbiome
Gut health (GI Effects).
A comprehensive stool analysis that maps the bacteria, the barrier, and the immune signal in one collection.
By Genova Diagnostics · 48 biomarkers
Why it matters
The gut houses 70% of your immune system, synthesizes critical nutrients and neurotransmitter precursors, and regulates gene expression through the metabolites your microbes produce. Read the system directly and you find what's driving symptoms across the rest of the body — autoimmunity, mood, skin, fatigue, and metabolic dysfunction. Genova GI Effects is the most clinically useful gut panel I order.
What I read for
Microbial diversity first. Then the presence of keystone beneficial species and any opportunistic overgrowth. Calprotectin and secretory IgA for inflammation and immune tone. Pancreatic elastase for digestion. Each marker points to a different lever.
What it measures
Every marker in the panel.
See all 48 biomarkers
Digestion and Absorption
- Long chain fatty acids
- Pancreatic Elastase 1
- Total Cholesterol, Stool
- Triglycerides, Stool
Inflammation and Immunology
- Calprotectin, Stool
- Eosinophil Protein X
- Occult Blood, Stool
- Secretory IgA
Gut Metabolites
- Beta-Glucuronidase
- Butyrate
Beneficial Bacteria
- Akkermansia muciniphila
- Bifidobacterium spp.
- Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
- Firmicutes/bacteroidetes ratio
- Lactobacillus spp.
- Prevotella spp.
- Roseburia spp.
Other Bacteria
- Escherichia coli
- Fusobacterium spp.
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Veillonella spp.
- a-Hemolytic Streptococci
Yeast and Fungi
- Candida spp.
Protozoa
- Balantidium coli
- Blastocystis spp.
- Chilomastix mesnili
- Cryptosporidium spp.
- Dientamoeba fragilis
- Endolimax nana
- Entamoeba coli
- Entamoeba hartmanni
- Entamoeba histolytica/dispar
- Entamoeba polecki
- Giardia
- Iodamoeba buetschlii
Worms
- Ascaris lumbricoides
- Capillaria philippinensis
- Diphyllobothrium latum
- Dipylidium caninum
- Enterobius vermicularis
- Fasciola hepatica
- Fasciolopsis buski
- Hookworm
- Hymenolepis diminuta
- Hymenolepis nana
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Taenia spp.
- Trichuris trichiura
How to order this
Part of the Precision Partnership.
This panel runs as part of the Partnership baseline. You pay the lab fee at vendor cost, with no markup from the practice. I interpret the results into your written Plan as part of the ongoing relationship.