Smoking Cessation Alters Intestinal Microbiota: Insights from Quantitative Investigations on Human Fecal Samples Using FISH

• Published in: Inflammatory bowel diseases Vol. 20; no. 9; pp. 1496 - 1501
• Main Authors: Biedermann, Luc, Brülisauer, Karin, Zeitz, Jonas, Frei, Pascal, Scharl, Michael, Vavricka, Stephan R., Fried, Michael, Loessner, Martin J., Rogler, Gerhard, Schuppler, Markus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Actinobacteria; Bacteroides; Clostridium coccoides; Clostridium leptum; Colony Count, Microbial; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Eubacterium rectale; Feces - microbiology; Firmicutes; Humans; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence - methods; Intestines - microbiology; Microbiota; Oligonucleotide Probes; Prevotella; Proteobacteria; Smoking Cessation; fluorescence in situ hybridization; metabolic syndrome; intestinal microbiota; smoking cessation; inflammatory bowel disease

There has been a dramatic increase in investigations on the potential mechanistic role of the intestinal microbiota in various diseases and factors modulating intestinal microbial composition. We recently reported on intestinal microbial shifts after smoking cessation in humans. In this study, we ai...