An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest
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Comparisons of the distal gut microbiota of genetically obese mice and their lean littermates, obese and lean human volunteers have shown that obesity is associated with changes in the relative abundance of the Bacteroldetes and the Firmicutes, the two dominant bacterial divisions. The findings have identified the gut microbiota as an additional contributing factor to the pathophysiology of obesity.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Human gut microbes associated with obesity
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The relation between gut microbial ecology and body fats in human is investigated by sequencing 16S ribosomal RNA genes in obese people. The dynamic linkage between adiposity and gut microbial ecology has shown that manipulation of gut microbial communities, including Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, can be used in the treatment of obesity.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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The human microbiome project
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The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) which was designed to understand the microbial components of the human genetic and metabolic landscape and their contribution to normal physiology and predisposition to disease is reviewed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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