Gut Microbiota and Obesity
J Clin Gastroenterol. 2016 Nov/Dec:50 Suppl 2, Proceedings from the 8th Probiotics, Prebiotics & New Foods for Microbiota and Human Health meeting held in Rome, Italy on September 13-15, 2015:S157-S158.
doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000715.
Affiliation
- 1 *Department of Pediatrics, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo †Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagniostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Abstract
Intestinal microbiota is composed by symbiotic innocuous bacteria and potential pathogens also called pathobionts. The human gut normally hosts roughly 1014 bacterial organisms of up to 1000 different species. The genome size of this microbial organ, collectively named microbiome, exceeds the size of the human nuclear genome by 2 orders of magnitude.
MeSH terms
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Gastrointestinal Microbiome / genetics*
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Humans
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Metagenome*
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Obesity / microbiology*