The gut microbiome of healthy Japanese and its microbial and functional uniqueness

• Published in: DNA research Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 125 - 133
• Main Authors: Nishijima, Suguru, Suda, Wataru, Oshima, Kenshiro, Kim, Seok-Won, Hirose, Yuu, Morita, Hidetoshi, Hattori, Masahira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Actinobacteria; Adult; Asian People; Bifidobacterium; Female; Gastrointestinal Microbiome - genetics; Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology; Geography, Medical; Humans; Male; Metagenome; Methanobrevibacter smithii; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Young Adult; metagenome; Japanese; microbiome; gut

The human gut microbiome has profound influences on the host's health largely through its interference with various intestinal functions. As recent studies have suggested diversity in the human gut microbiome among human populations, it will be interesting to analyse how gut microbiome is corre...