Colonic Microbiota Signatures Across Five Northern European Countries

Overview

Journal Appl Environ Microbiol

Specialties Environmental Health
Microbiology

Date 2005 Jul 8

PMID 16000838

Citations 93

Authors

Christophe Lay

Lionel Rigottier-Gois

Kim Holmstrom

Mirjana Rajilic

Elaine E Vaughan

Willem M de Vos

Matthew D Collins

Ralph Thiel

Pawel Namsolleck

Michael Blaut

Joel Dore

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Abstract

The composition of the colonic microbiota of 91 northern Europeans was characterized by fluorescent in situ hybridization using 18 phylogenetic probes. On average 75% of the bacteria were identified, and large interindividual variations were observed. Clostridium coccoides and Clostridium leptum were the dominant groups (28.0% and 25.2%), followed by the Bacteroides (8.5%). According to principal component analysis, no significant grouping with respect to geographic origin, age, or gender was observed.

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