Gut Colonization by Methanogenic Archaea Is Associated with Organic Dairy Consumption in Children.

ABSTRACT: The gut microbiota represents a complex and diverse ecosystem with a profound impact on human health, promoting immune maturation, and host metabolism as well as colonization resistance. Important members that have often been disregarded are the methanogenic archaea. Methanogenic archaea reduce hydrogen levels via the production of methane, thereby stimulating food fermentation by saccharolytic bacteria. On the other hand, colonization by archaea has been suggested to promote a number of gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases such as colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and obesity. Archaea have been shown to be absent during infancy while omnipresent in school-aged children, suggesting that colonization may result from environmental exposure during childhood. The factors that d

SUBMITTER: van de Pol JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5344914 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature