Pediatric obesity is associated with an altered gut microbiota and discordant shifts in Firmicutes populations

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 95-105

  Riva, Alessandra ^a,b   Borgo, Francesca ^b   Lassandro, Carlotta ^c   Verduci, Elvira ^c   Morace, Giulia ^b   Borghi, Elisa ^b   Berry, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEROIDETES; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; DYSBIOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEROIDETES; CHILD; DIET; DYSBIOSIS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84994518882     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13463     Document Type: Article

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