Differences in gut microbiota composition between obese and lean children: A cross-sectional study

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bervoets, Liene ^a,b   Van Hoorenbeeck, Kim ^a,c   Kortleven, Ineke ^a   Van Noten, Caroline ^a   Hens, Niel ^a,b   Vael, Carl ^a,d   Goossens, Herman ^a   Desager, Kristine N ^a,c   Vankerckhoven, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Klina Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bacteroides fragilis group; Children; Gut microbiota; MALDI TOF MS; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877999458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-4749-5-10     Document Type: Article

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