Gut microbial dataset of a foraging tribe from rural West Bengal - insights into unadulterated and transitional microbial abundance.

ABSTRACT: The human gut microbiome contributes to a broad range of biochemical and metabolic functions that directly or indirectly affect human system. Numerous factors such as age, geographical location, genetic makeup, and individual health status significantly influence the diversity, stability, and relative abundance of the gut microbiome. Of the mentioned factors, geographical location and dietary practices appears to explain a significant portion of microbiome variation. On the other hand tribal people living in geographically isolated areas and dependent on their traditional food sources are considered as having relatively unadulterated gut as their guts are least colonized by Western diet. The Western diet - low in fiber and high in refined sugars - is basically wiping out species of bacteri

SUBMITTER: Ganguli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546961 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature