A Western diet ecological module identified from the 'humanized' mouse microbiota predicts diet in adults and formula feeding in children.

The interplay between diet and the microbiota has been implicated in the growing frequency of chronic diseases associated with the Western lifestyle. However, the complexity and variability of microbial ecology in humans and preclinical models has hampered identification of the molecular mechanisms...

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Main Authors: Jay Siddharth, Nicholas Holway, Scott J Parkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3877084?pdf=render