The Spanish gut microbiome reveals links between microorganisms and Mediterranean diet.

ABSTRACT: Despite the increasing evidence of links between human gut and health, the number of gut microbiomes that have been studied to date at a country level are surprisingly low. Mediterranean countries, including some of the most long-lived and healthy countries in the world, have not been considered so far in those studies at a large scale. The main objective of this work is to characterize the gut microbiome of a healthy adult population of a Mediterranean, paradigmatically healthy country: Spain. Stool samples from 530 healthy volunteers were collected, total metagenomic DNA extracted, and the microbial profiles determined through 16S rRNA metataxonomic sequencing. Our results confirm the associations between several microbial markers and different variables, including sex, age, BMI and diet

SUBMITTER: Latorre-Perez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8580991 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature