Gut microbiota composition correlates with diet and health in the elderly

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 492; no. 7427; p. 178
• Main Authors: Claesson, Marcus J, Jeffery, Ian B, Conde, Susana, Power, Susan E, O'Connor, Eibhlís M, Cusack, Siobhán, Harris, Hugh M B, Coakley, Mairead, Lakshminarayanan, Bhuvaneswari, O'Sullivan, Orla, Fitzgerald, Gerald F, Deane, Jennifer, O'Connor, Michael, Harnedy, Norma, O'Connor, Kieran, O'Mahony, Denis, van Sinderen, Douwe, Wallace, Martina, Brennan, Lorraine, Stanton, Catherine, Marchesi, Julian R, Fitzgerald, Anthony P, Shanahan, Fergus, Hill, Colin, Ross, R Paul, O'Toole, Paul W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group 06.12.2012
• Subjects: Aging; Diet; Food; Frailty; Homeostasis; Multiculturalism & pluralism; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Older people; Ostomy; Young adults

Alterations in intestinal microbiota composition are associated with several chronic conditions, including obesity and inflammatory diseases. The microbiota of older people displays greater inter-individual variation than that of younger adults. Here we show that the faecal microbiota composition fr...