The gut mycobiota of rural and urban individuals is shaped by geography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the structure and drivers of gut microbiota remains a major ecological endeavour. Recent studies have shown that several factors including diet, lifestyle and geography may substantially shape the human gut microbiota. However, most of these studies have focused on the more abundant bacterial component and comparatively less is known regarding fungi in the human gut. This knowledge deficit is especially true for rural and urban African populations. Therefore, we assessed the structure and drivers of rural and urban gut mycobiota.

Results

Our participants (n = 100) were balanced by geography and sex. The mycobiota of these geographically separated cohorts was characterized using amplicon analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) gene. We furth

SUBMITTER: Kabwe MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430031 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature