Composition and energy harvesting capacity of the gut microbiota: relationship to diet, obesity and time in mouse models

F. Murphy, Eileen; D. Cotter, Paul; A. Healy, Sara; M. Marques, Tatiana; O’Sullivan, Órla; Fouhy, Fiona; F. Clarke, Siobhan; W. O’Toole, Paul; M.M. Quigley, Eamonn; Stanton, Catherine; Paul Ross, R.; M. O’Doherty, Robert; Shanahan, Fergus

doi:10.1136/gut.2010.215665

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Composition and energy harvesting capacity of the gut microbiota: relationship to diet, obesity and time in mouse models

Published in Gut • Oct 6, 2010

Authors:

Eileen F. Murphy

Paul D. Cotter

Sara A. Healy

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Increased efficiency of energy harvest, due to alterations in the gut microbiota (increased Firmicutes and decreased Bacteroidetes), has been implicated in obesity in mice and humans. However, a causal relationship is unproven and contributory variables include diet, genetics an...

Subject

Firmicutes

Bacteroidetes

Obesity

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