Gut microbiota density influences host physiology and is shaped by host and microbial factors

Gut microbiota density influences host physiology and is shaped by host and microbial factors

To identify factors that regulate gut microbiota density and the impact of varied microbiota density on health, we assayed this fundamental ecosystem property in fecal samples across mammals, human disease, and therapeutic interventions. Physiologic features of the host (carrying capacity) and the f...

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Main Authors: Eduardo J Contijoch, Graham J Britton, Chao Yang, Ilaria Mogno, Zhihua Li, Ruby Ng, Sean R Llewellyn, Sheela Hira, Crystal Johnson, Keren M Rabinowitz, Revital Barkan, Iris Dotan, Robert P Hirten, Shih-Chen Fu, Yuying Luo, Nancy Yang, Tramy Luong, Philippe R Labrias, Sergio Lira, Inga Peter, Ari Grinspan, Jose C Clemente, Roman Kosoy, Seunghee Kim-Schulze, Xiaochen Qin, Anabella Castillo, Amanda Hurley, Ashish Atreja, Jason Rogers, Farah Fasihuddin, Merjona Saliaj, Amy Nolan, Pamela Reyes-Mercedes, Carina Rodriguez, Sarah Aly, Kenneth Santa-Cruz, Lauren Peters, Mayte Suárez-Fariñas, Ruiqi Huang, Ke Hao, Jun Zhu, Bin Zhang, Bojan Losic, Haritz Irizar, Won-Min Song, Antonio Di Narzo, Wenhui Wang, Benjamin L Cohen, Christopher DiMaio, David Greenwald, Steven Itzkowitz, Aimee Lucas, James Marion, Elana Maser, Ryan Ungaro, Steven Naymagon, Joshua Novak, Brijen Shah, Thomas Ullman, Peter Rubin, James George, Peter Legnani, Shannon E Telesco, Joshua R Friedman, Carrie Brodmerkel, Scott Plevy, Judy H Cho, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Eric E Schadt, Carmen Argmann, Marla Dubinsky, Andrew Kasarskis, Bruce Sands, Jeremiah J Faith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-01-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
gut microbiome
microbiota density
inflammatory bowel disease
fecal microbiota transplantation
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/40553

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