Intestinal microbiota in healthy adults: temporal analysis reveals individual and common core and relation to intestinal symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While our knowledge of the intestinal microbiota during disease is accumulating, basic information of the microbiota in healthy subjects is still scarce. The aim of this study was to characterize the intestinal microbiota of healthy adults and specifically address its temporal stability, core microbiota and relation with intestinal symptoms. We carried out a longitudinal study by following a set of 15 healthy Finnish subjects for seven weeks and regularly assessed their intestinal bacteria and archaea with the Human Intestinal Tract (HIT) Chip, a phylogenetic microarray, in conjunction with qPCR analyses. The health perception and occurrence of intestinal symptoms was recorded by questionnaire at each sampling point.

Principal findings

A high overall temporal stab

SUBMITTER: Jalanka-Tuovinen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3145776 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature