Timing
- Kit to you: 3-5 business days.
- Collection window: your own pace — the sample is stable up to 7 days at room temperature.
- Lab analysis: approximately 10-14 business days from sample receipt.
- End to end: about three weeks for most people.
Results estimator
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Results take approximately 10-14 business days from when the laboratory receives your sample. That clock starts at receipt, not at the moment you post the package, which is why the end-to-end figure is closer to three weeks. If you want to see the format before you order, there is a full sample report.
What is in the report
The GI-MAP™ is a quantitative test. Rather than a positive or negative for each target, it reports how much was detected, compared against a reference range, with out-of-range values flagged. Results are grouped into sections:
- Pathogens — bacterial pathogens including H. pylori with its virulence factors, C. difficile, certain E. coli, Campylobacter and others; plus viral and parasitic pathogens.
- Normal and opportunistic flora — commensal organisms and overgrowth-associated organisms, reported quantitatively. This is where markers like Akkermansia and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii appear.
- Fungi and yeast — including Candida species.
- Intestinal health markers — calprotectin, secretory IgA, pancreatic elastase-1, steatocrit, beta-glucuronidase, occult blood and anti-gliadin IgA. Zonulin appears only if you ordered the + Zonulin panel.
- Antibiotic-resistance genes.
Individual marker guides are collected under biomarkers.
Report sections
What is in each part of the report
Tap a section to see what it covers.
Pathogens
Bacterial pathogens including H. pylori with its virulence factors, C. difficile toxin genes, certain E. coli, Campylobacter and others — plus viral and parasitic pathogens.
A detection here is not automatically a diagnosis. Many of these organisms also turn up in people with no symptoms.
Normal and opportunistic flora
Commensal organisms and overgrowth-associated organisms, each reported as a quantity. This is where Akkermansia and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii appear.
Fungi and yeast
Including Candida species. As with the flora section, quantity against a reference range rather than a yes/no.
Intestinal health markers
Calprotectin, secretory IgA, pancreatic elastase-1, steatocrit, beta-glucuronidase, occult blood and anti-gliadin IgA. Zonulin appears only if you ordered the + Zonulin panel.
These markers vary in how well validated they are, which is why the individual guides treat them separately rather than as one block.
Antibiotic-resistance genes
Resistance-associated genetic markers detected in the sample. A genetic marker is not the same as a laboratory susceptibility test on a cultured isolate, and prescribing decisions belong to a clinician.
The interpretation mistake worth avoiding
The most common error is reading a flagged organism as a diagnosis. It is not one. A quantitative panel tells you what genetic material was present in your sample and in what quantity — it does not tell you whether that organism is causing your symptoms, and many organisms on the panel are also found in people who feel completely well.
The same caution applies in reverse. A clean report does not rule out a condition the panel does not test for. The GI-MAP™ is a stool test, so there are questions it structurally cannot answer — small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth is the common example, because SIBO is diagnosed by breath testing or small-bowel sampling, not from stool.
What a flagged result gives you is a specific, quantified place to start a conversation. Deciding what it means for you is clinical work, and it depends on your history, medications, symptoms and the rest of the panel read together.
Getting your results interpreted
Your results report is included in the price of the test. If you already work with a practitioner, take it to them. If you do not, or you want a written analysis specific to your numbers, the GI-MAP Interpretation Review ($245) is a practitioner-written marker-by-marker breakdown with nutrition, lifestyle and supplement recommendations. It can be bought on its own for results you already hold from any lab or clinic — you do not need to retest.