Gut microbiota ecology: Biodiversity estimated from hybrid neutral-niche model increases with health status and aging.

In this work we propose an index to estimate the gut microbiota biodiversity using a modeling approach with the aim of describing its relationship with health and aging. The gut microbiota, a complex ecosystem that links nutrition and metabolism, has a pervasive effect on all body organs and systems...

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Main Authors: Claudia Sala, Enrico Giampieri, Silvia Vitali, Paolo Garagnani, Daniel Remondini, Armando Bazzani, Claudio Franceschi, Gastone C Castellani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237207