A phylo-functional core of gut microbiota in healthy young Chinese cohorts across lifestyles, geography and ethnicities

• Published in: The ISME Journal Vol. 9; no. 9; pp. 1979 - 1990
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jiachao, Guo, Zhuang, Xue, Zhengsheng, Sun, Zhihong, Zhang, Menghui, Wang, Lifeng, Wang, Guoyang, Wang, Fang, Xu, Jie, Cao, Hongfang, Xu, Haiyan, Lv, Qiang, Zhong, Zhi, Chen, Yongfu, Qimuge, Sudu, Menghe, Bilige, Zheng, Yi, Zhao, Liping, Chen, Wei, Zhang, Heping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2015; Oxford University Press; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 38/77; 45/22; 631/158/1469; 631/181/757; 631/326/2565/547; 692/4020/2741/2135; Adolescent; Adult; Bacteria - genetics; Biomedical and Life Sciences; China; Cluster Analysis; Cohort Studies; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecosystem services; Ethnic Groups; Evolutionary Biology; Fatty Acids, Volatile - chemistry; Feces; Female; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Geography; Humans; Intestines - microbiology; Life Sciences; Life Style; Male; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Microbiota - genetics; Minority & ethnic groups; Original; original-article; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Young Adult; Young adults; China

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