Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients

Armougom, Fabrice; Henry, Mireille; Vialettes, B.; Raccah, D.; Raoult, Didier

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007125

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Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients

Published in PLoS ONE • Sep 22, 2009

Authors:

Fabrice Armougom

Mireille Henry

B. Vialettes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Studies of the bacterial communities of the gut microbiota have revealed a shift in the ratio of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes in obese patients. Determining the variations of microbial communities in feces may be beneficial for the identification of specific profiles in patients with abn...

Subject

Firmicutes

Bacteroidetes

Biology

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