Microbial ecology: Human gut microbes associated with obesity Export

@article{citeulike:1004805, abstract = {Two groups of beneficial bacteria are dominant in the human gut, the Bacteroidetes and the Firmicutes. Here we show that the relative proportion of Bacteroidetes is decreased in obese people by comparison with lean people, and that this proportion increases with weight loss on two types of low-calorie diet. Our findings indicate that obesity has a microbial component, which might have potential therapeutic implications.}, author = {Ley, Ruth E. and Turnbaugh, Peter J. and Klein, Samuel and Gordon, Jeffrey I.}, citeulike-article-id = {1004805}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/4441022a}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/4441022a}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1038/4441022a}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {microbiota}, month = {December}, number = {7122}, pages = {1022--1023}, posted-at = {2008-05-03 06:29:06}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Microbial ecology: Human gut microbes associated with obesity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/4441022a}, volume = {444}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1004805 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1004805 N2 - Two groups of beneficial bacteria are dominant in the human gut, the Bacteroidetes and the Firmicutes. Here we show that the relative proportion of Bacteroidetes is decreased in obese people by comparison with lean people, and that this proportion increases with weight loss on two types of low-calorie diet. Our findings indicate that obesity has a microbial component, which might have potential therapeutic implications. IS - 7122 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 EP - 1023 TI - Microbial ecology: Human gut microbes associated with obesity PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 444 SP - 1022 KW - microbiota AU - Ley, Ruth AU - Turnbaugh, Peter AU - Klein, Samuel AU - Gordon, Jeffrey PY - 2006/12/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/4441022a ER -