Post-genomics approaches towards monitoring changes within the microbial ecology of the gut
Tuohy, K.M., Abecia, L., Klinder, A., Shen, Q., Deaville, E.R. and Fava, F.
(2009)
Post-genomics approaches towards monitoring changes within the microbial ecology of the gut.
In: Charalampopoulos, D. Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79058-9_3 Abstract/SummaryThe human gut microbiota, comprising many hundreds of different microbial species, has closely co-evolved with its human host over the millennia. Diet has been a major driver of this co-evolution, in particular dietary non-digestible carbohydrates. This dietary fraction reaches the colon and becomes available for microbial fermentation, and it is in the colon that the great diversity of gut microorganisms resides. For the vast majority of our evolutionary history humans followed hunter-gatherer life-styles and consumed diets with many times more non-digestible carbohydrates, fiber and whole plant polyphenol rich foods than typical Western style diets today.
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