Similarities and differences in gut microbiome composition correlate with dietary patterns of Indian and Chinese adults.

ABSTRACT: The interaction between diet and gut microbiota, and ultimately their link to health, has turned into the concentration of huge research. However, this relationship still needs to be fully characterized, particularly in case of the Asian population. We compared the fecal bacterial diversity and composition of healthy Indian and Chinese adults, ages 22-35 years, using next-generation sequencing analysis on IlluminaHiSeq 2500 platform. Our analysis revealed unique community structure, dominant Firmicutes, Actinobacteria and underrepresented Bacteroides, of Indian and Chinese gut bacteria. This community structure closely matched with the gut bacterial composition of the Russian population. Therefore, we hypothesized that enrichment of these bacterial clades is supported by high consumption o

SUBMITTER: Jain A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6015586 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature