Colonic Microbiota Signatures across Five Northern European Countries

1 July 2005

journal article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Vol. 71 (7) , 4153-4155
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.71.7.4153-4155.2005

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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