Association between body mass index and Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio in an adult Ukrainian population

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Koliada, Alexander ^a   Syzenko, Ganna ^b   Moseiko, Vladislav ^a   Budovska, Liudmyla ^b   Puchkov, Kostiantyn ^b   Perederiy, Vyacheslav ^b   Gavalko, Yuriy ^a   Dorofeyev, Andriy ^b   Romanenko, Maryana ^a   Tkach, Sergiy ^b   Sineok, Lyudmila ^a   Lushchak, Oleh ^c   Vaiserman, Alexander ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c VASYL STEFANYK PRECARPATHIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Bacteroidetes; Firmicutes; Gut microbiota; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UKRAINIAN (PEOPLE); WEIGHT REDUCTION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFESTYLE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UKRAINE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; BODY MASS INDEX; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXERCISE; FECES; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TOBACCO SMOKING; UKRAINE;

EID: 85019543299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-017-1027-1     Document Type: Article

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