Stool consistency is strongly associated with gut microbiota richness and composition, enterotypes and bacterial growth rates

Vandeputte, Doris; Falony, Gwen; Vieira‐Silva, Sara; Y. Tito, Raúl; Joossens, Marie; Raes, Jeroen

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309618

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Stool consistency is strongly associated with gut microbiota richness and composition, enterotypes and bacterial growth rates

Published in Gut • Jun 11, 2015

Authors:

Doris Vandeputte

Gwen Falony

Sara Vieira‐Silva

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The assessment of potentially confounding factors affecting colon microbiota composition is essential to the identification of robust microbiome based disease markers. Here, we investigate the link between gut microbiota variation and stool consistency using Bristol Stool Scale classifica...

Subject

Bacteroidetes

Firmicutes

Microbiome

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