Reduced Abundance of Butyrate-Producing Bacteria Species in the Fecal Microbial Community in Crohn's Disease

Takahashi, Kenichiro; Nishida, Atsushi; Fujimoto, Takehide; Fujii, Makoto; Shioya, Makoto; Imaeda, Hirotsugu; Inatomi, Osamu; Bamba, Shigeki; Andoh, Akira; Sugimoto, Mitsushige

doi:10.1159/000441768

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Reduced Abundance of Butyrate-Producing Bacteria Species in the Fecal Microbial Community in Crohn's Disease

Published in Digestion • Jan 1, 2016

Authors:

Kenichiro Takahashi

Atsushi Nishida

Takehide Fujimoto

Abstract

<b><i>Background:</i></b> The global alteration of the gut microbial community (dysbiosis) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). However, bacterial species that characterize dysbiosis in IBD remain unclear. In this study, we assessed the alteration of the...

Subject

Ruminococcus

Roseburia

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

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