Candida albicans
is one of the most common opportunistic fungi in cancer patients. This study explored the influence of
C. albicans
on gut microbiota in oral tumour-bearing mice by means of 16S rRNA sequencing and ITS sequencing. It was found that
C. albicans
infection induced the decrease of alpha diversity of bacteria and fungi in the gut microbiome. For the bacteria,
C. albicans
caused the reduction of
Ralstonia
,
Alistipes
,
Clostridia UCG-014
,
Ruminococcus
, and
Lachnospiraceae NK4A136 group
. For the fungi,
C. albicans
inhibited the growth of other fungi including
Aspergillus
,
Cladosporium
, and
Bipolaris
. The neutralisation of γδT cells partly alleviated the out-of-balance of
Firmicutes
/
Bacteroidota
(F/B) ratio in the gut caused by
C. albicans
infection. However, γδT cell neutralisation boosted the overgrowth of
C. albicans
. Additionally, IL-17A neutralisation aggravated the microbial dysbiosis of bacteria and fungi caused by
C. albicans
infection. Further analysis indicated that
C. albicans
overgrowth might influence the correlations between fungal and bacterial kingdoms. In conclusion,
C. albicans
infection disturbed the gut microbiota of both bacteria and fungi in oral tumour-bearing mice, which may be associated with the intestinal immune components including γδT cells and IL-17A.