Interplay between Intestinal Bacterial Communities and Unicellular Parasites in a Morbidly Obese Population: A Neglected Trinomial

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 14; no. 15; p. 3211
• Main Authors: Caudet, Jana, Trelis, María, Cifre, Susana, Soriano, José M., Rico, Hortensia, Merino-Torres, Juan F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 05.08.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteroides; Bifidobacterium; Blastocystis; Body mass index; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Dientamoeba fragilis; diet; Disease; Escherichia; eukaryotic cells; Fatty liver; Feces - microbiology; Gastrointestinal surgery; Giardia lamblia; Humans; insulin resistance; intestines; Lactobacillus; metabolic syndrome; Metabolism; metagenomics; Microbiota; Microorganisms; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Nutrition research; Obesity; Obesity, Morbid; Parasites; Population; Prevotella; Questionnaires; risk; Software; Weight control; Spain; Dientamoeba fragilis; Giardia intestinalis; eukaryotic microbiota; Blastocystis sp; diet; obesity; metabolic markers

Obesity is an epidemic causing a metabolic health crisis. Herein, the interactions between the gut prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities, metabolic comorbidities and diet were studied. Stool samples from 56 subjects, 47 with type III obesity and 9 with type II obesity and cardiovascular risk or met...