A taxonomic signature of obesity in the microbiome? Getting to the guts of the matter

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Finucane, Mariel M ^a   Sharpton, Thomas J ^a,c   Laurent, Timothy J ^a   Pollard, Katherine S ^a,b  

^a GLADSTONE INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYLUM; TAXONOMY;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; OBESITY;

EID: 84897138661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084689     Document Type: Article

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