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Fecal Microbiota in Healthy Subjects Following Omnivore, Vegetarian and Vegan Diets: Culturable Populations and rRNA DGGE Profiling

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Ferrocino, Ilario, Di Cagno, Raffaella, De Angelis, Maria, Turroni, Silvia, Vannini, Lucia, Bancalari, Elena, Rantsiou, Kalliopi, Cardinali, Gianluigi, Neviani, Erasmo, Cocolin, Luca·2015·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0128669PMC PMC4452701
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In this study, the fecal microbiota of 153 healthy volunteers, recruited from four different locations in Italy, has been studied by coupling viable counts, on different microbiological media, with ribosomal RNA Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (rRNA-DGGE). The volunteers followed three different diets, namely omnivore, ovo-lacto-vegetarian and vegan. The results obtained from culture-dependent and -independent methods have underlined a high level of similarity of the viable fecal microbiota for the three investigated diets. The rRNA DGGE profiles were very complex and comprised a total number of bands that varied from 67 to 64 for the V3 and V9 regions of the 16S rRNA gene, respectively. Only a few bands were specific in/of all three diets, and the presence of common taxa associated with the dietary habits was found. As far as the viable counts are concerned, the high similarity of the fecal microbiota was once again confirmed, with only a few of the investigated groups showing significant differences. Interestingly, the samples grouped differently, according to the recruitment site, thus highlighting a higher impact of the food consumed by the volunteers in the specific geographical locations than that of the type of diet. Lastly, it should be mentioned that the fecal microbiota DGGE profiles obtained from the DNA were clearly separated from those produced using RNA, thus underlining a difference between the total and viable populations in the fecal samples.

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Fig 1 Distribution of the viable counts of the three diets according to the different culture media. Box plot interpretation: the central line indicates the median, upper and lower box lines of the first and third quartiles (Q1 and Q3), respectively, and the bars at the end of the whiskers represent the distribution extremities, while the dots indicate outliers. Plot A, all the media considered together; Plot B, GSP medium at 25°C; Plot C, Chromocult Coliform Agar at 37°C; Plot D, Bifidumbacterium Agar at 37°C; Plot E, MRS at 25°C; Plot F, MRS at 37°C; Plot G, Wilkins-Chalgren Anaerobe Agar + GN Supplement; Plot H, Bacteroides Bile Esculine Agar. For specifications on the counted microbial groups, reference can be made to Table 1.
Fig 1 Distribution of the viable counts of the three diets according to the different culture media. Box plot interpretation: the central line indicates the median, upper and lower box lines of the first and third quartiles (Q1 and Q3), respectively, and the bars at the end of the whiskers represent the distribution extremities, while the dots indicate outliers. Plot A, all the media considered together; Plot B, GSP medium at 25°C; Plot C, Chromocult Coliform Agar at 37°C; Plot D, Bifidumbacterium Agar at 37°C; Plot E, MRS at 25°C; Plot F, MRS at 37°C; Plot G, Wilkins-Chalgren Anaerobe Agar + GN Supplement; Plot H, Bacteroides Bile Esculine Agar. For specifications on the counted microbial groups, reference can be made to Table 1.CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig 2 PLS-DA models based on the similarity distance matrix of DGGE built as a function of the nucleic acids. Data from DNA (blue) and RNA (yellow).
Fig 2 PLS-DA models based on the similarity distance matrix of DGGE built as a function of the nucleic acids. Data from DNA (blue) and RNA (yellow).CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig 3 PLS-DA models based on the RNA-DGGE similarity distance matrix as a function of the diet. Data from omnivore (red), ovo-lacto-vegetarian (green) and vegan (blue) individuals.
Fig 3 PLS-DA models based on the RNA-DGGE similarity distance matrix as a function of the diet. Data from omnivore (red), ovo-lacto-vegetarian (green) and vegan (blue) individuals.CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig 4 PLS-DA models based on the RNA-DGGE similarity distance matrix as a function of the geographical site. The plot is color coded as a function of the city: Bari (silver), Bologna (gold), Parma (blue), Torino (maroon).
Fig 4 PLS-DA models based on the RNA-DGGE similarity distance matrix as a function of the geographical site. The plot is color coded as a function of the city: Bari (silver), Bologna (gold), Parma (blue), Torino (maroon).CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig 5 PLS-DA models based on the RNA-DGGE similarity distance matrix from each diet group using the geographical site as the discriminating factor. Plot A, omnivore individuals; Plot B, ovo-lacto-vegetarian individuals; Plot C, vegan individuals. The samples are color coded according to the geographical site (Bari: silver; Bologna: gold; Parma: blue; Torino: maroon).
Fig 5 PLS-DA models based on the RNA-DGGE similarity distance matrix from each diet group using the geographical site as the discriminating factor. Plot A, omnivore individuals; Plot B, ovo-lacto-vegetarian individuals; Plot C, vegan individuals. The samples are color coded according to the geographical site (Bari: silver; Bologna: gold; Parma: blue; Torino: maroon).CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig 6 RNA-DGGE band distribution. Plot A and Plot B, Venn diagrams of the unique and overlapping bands present in the RNA-DGGE profile of the omnivore (red), ovo-lacto-vegetarian (green) and vegan (blue) individuals for the V3 and V9 regions, respectively; Plot C, RNA-DGGE fingerprints of the V3 amplicons, where the letters indicate the dietary groups: the omnivore (O), ovo-lacto-vegetarian (VG) and vegan (V) band identifications are reported in Table 2; Plot D, RNA-DGGE fingerprints of the V9 amplicons; the band identifications are reported in Table 3.
Fig 6 RNA-DGGE band distribution. Plot A and Plot B, Venn diagrams of the unique and overlapping bands present in the RNA-DGGE profile of the omnivore (red), ovo-lacto-vegetarian (green) and vegan (blue) individuals for the V3 and V9 regions, respectively; Plot C, RNA-DGGE fingerprints of the V3 amplicons, where the letters indicate the dietary groups: the omnivore (O), ovo-lacto-vegetarian (VG) and vegan (V) band identifications are reported in Table 2; Plot D, RNA-DGGE fingerprints of the V9 amplicons; the band identifications are reported in Table 3.CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Ferrocino, I., Di Cagno, R., De Angelis, M., Turroni, S., Vannini, L., Bancalari, E., Rantsiou, K., Cardinali, G., Neviani, E., & Cocolin, L.
Affiliations
  • University of Turin (IT)
  • University of Bologna (IT)
  • University of Parma (IT)
  • University of Perugia (IT)
Corresponding author
Cocolin, Luca
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PLOS ONE
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2015-06-02
Volume
10
Issue
6
Pages
e0128669
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0128669
PMC
PMC4452701
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W563597376
Cited by
107
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41
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Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (PRIN 2010-2011 “, 2010-2011, (PRIN 2010))
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
Keywords
fecal microbiota, diet, omnivorous diet, vegetarian diet, vegan diet, 16S rRNA gene, viable cell count, culturable microorganisms, regional variation
MeSH terms
Diet, Vegan, Adolescent, Adult, Diet, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Diet, Vegetarian, Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis, Microbiota

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