Taxonomic signatures of cause-specific mortality risk in human gut microbiome

Gut microbiome composition has a role in health and disease. Here the authors show that microbiome signatures related to the Enterobacteriaceae family are associated with cause-specific mortality risk in a well phenotyped Finish population over a 15-year follow-up.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aaro Salosensaari, Ville Laitinen, Aki S. Havulinna, Guillaume Meric, Susan Cheng, Markus Perola, Liisa Valsta, Georg Alfthan, Michael Inouye, Jeramie D. Watrous, Tao Long, Rodolfo A. Salido, Karenina Sanders, Caitriona Brennan, Gregory C. Humphrey, Jon G. Sanders, Mohit Jain, Pekka Jousilahti, Veikko Salomaa, Rob Knight, Leo Lahti, Teemu Niiranen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22962-y