Comparison of the gut microbiota composition between obese and non-obese individuals in a Japanese population, as analyzed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and next-generation sequencing - Kasai, Chika; Sugimoto, Kazushi; Moritani, Isao; Tanaka, Junichiro; Oya, Yumi; Inoue, Hidekazu; Tameda, Masahiko; Shiraki, Katsuya; Ito, Masaaki; Takei, Yoshiyuki; Takase, Kojiro (BMC gastroenterology, 2015)
Keywords: Adult; Asian People; Bacteroidetes - genetics; Bacteroidetes - isolation & purification; Body Mass Index; Care and treatment; Colonoscopy; Comparative analysis; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Feces - microbiology; Female; Firmicutes - genetics; Firmicutes - isolation & purification; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal Microbiome - genetics; Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology; Genetic aspects; Genetic polymorphisms; Hepatology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Japan; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - microbiology; Patient outcomes; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Research Article; Sequence Analysis, DNA - methods; Japan; Obesity; Microbiota; Next-generation sequencing; T-RFLP