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Diversity of the Human Intestinal Microbial Flora
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The human endogenous intestinal microflora is an essential “organ” in providing nourishment, regulating epithelial development, and instructing innate immunity; yet, surprisingly, basic features remain poorly described. We examined 13,355 prokaryotic ribosomal RNA gene sequences from multiple colonic mucosal sites and feces of healthy subjects to improve our understanding of gut microbial diversity. A majority of the bacterial sequences corresponded to uncultivated species and novel microorganisms. We discovered significant intersubject variability and differences between stool and mucosa community composition. Characterization of this immensely diverse ecosystem is the first step in elucidating its role in health and disease.
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“Increasing culture-independent omic-based technologies such as biomarker sequencing, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics, and metabolomics have facilitated the discovery of novel functional dynamics of microbiota2, 3, 4, 5 and their relationship with host pathophysiology.6, 7, 8, 9”
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“The gut hosts a diverse population of microorganisms including yeasts, archaea, parasites such as helminths, viruses, and protozoa, but the bacterial population is currently the most well characterized (Eckburg et al., 2005;Gaci et al., 2014;Lankelma et al., 2015;Scarpellini et al., 2015;Williamson et al., 2016).”
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“However, with age, there is a decrease in beneficial microorganisms216,217 and an accumulation of potentially pro-inflammatory microorganisms in the gut,218 leading to a change in microbial composition and a decrease in microbial diversity.”
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“The taxonomic composition of the gut microbiota changes throughout the gastrointestinal tract, according to nutrient availability, mucus structure, pH and oxygen availability [1–6].”
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“Human studies have unveiled substantial differences in the gut microbial composition among individuals139–141 that depend on age, genetic background, physiological state, microbial interactions, environmental factors, and diet.142–144”
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- Authors
- Eckburg, P. B., Bik, E. M., Bernstein, C. N., Purdom, E., Dethlefsen, L., Sargent, M., Gill, S. R., Nelson, K. E., & Relman, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Eckburg, Paul B.
- Relman, David A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2005-06-10
- Volume
- 308
- Issue
- 5728
- Pages
- 1635-1638
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- PMC
- PMC1395357
- OpenAlex
- W2169330513
- Cited by
- 7,913
- References
- 21
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- FWCI
- 70.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI51259, R01AI051259)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, intestinal microbial diversity, colonic mucosa, fecal microbiota, interindividual variability, novel microorganisms, innate immunity, epithelial development
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Bacteria, Colon, DNA, Ribosomal, Feces, Genes, Bacterial, Humans, Intestinal Mucosa, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Genetic Variation, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ecosystem, Genes, Archaeal, Genes, rRNA, Methanobrevibacter, Bacteroidetes, Biodiversity
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