Composition, variability, and temporal stability of the intestinal microbiota of the elderly

J. Claesson, Marcus; Cusack, Siobhán; O’Sullivan, Órla; Greene-Diniz, Rachel; de Weerd, Heleen; Flannery, Edel; R. Marchesi, Julian; Falush, Daniel; G. Dinan, Timothy; F. Fitzgerald, Gerald; Stanton, Catherine; van Sinderen, Douwe; O′Connor, Michael; Harnedy, Norma; O’Connor, Kieran; Henry, Colm; O’Mahony, Denis; P. Fitzgerald, Anthony; Shanahan, Fergus; Twomey, C.; Hill, Colin; Paul Ross, R.; W. O’Toole, Paul

doi:10.1073/pnas.1000097107

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Composition, variability, and temporal stability of the intestinal microbiota of the elderly

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Jun 22, 2010

Authors:

Marcus J. Claesson

Siobhán Cusack

Órla O’Sullivan

Abstract

Alterations in the human intestinal microbiota are linked to conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and obesity. The microbiota also undergoes substantial changes at the extremes of life, in infants and older people, the ramifications of which are still being expl...

Subject

Firmicutes

Bacteroides

Biology

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