Significant differences found in short nucleotide sequences of human intestinal metagenomes of Northern-European and Chinese Origin

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects Vol. 1861; no. 1; pp. 3627 - 3631
• Main Authors: Szalkai, Balázs, Grolmusz, Vince
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Asian Continental Ancestry Group - genetics; Base Sequence; Biomarkers; European Continental Ancestry Group - genetics; Female; G-C content; Humans; Intestines - metabolism; Male; Metagenome; Metagenome - genetics; metagenomics; microbial communities; nucleotide sequences; nucleotides; Nucleotides - genetics; Oligomers; Short nucleotide sequences; Tetranucleotides; Oligomers; Biomarkers; Short nucleotide sequences; G-C content; Tetranucleotides; Metagenome

Metagenomic analysis of environmental and clinical samples is gaining considerable importance in today's literature. Changes in the composition of the intestinal microbial communities, relative to the healthy control, are reported in numerous conditions. We have carefully analyzed the frequenci...