Publication Date:
2016-04-30
Description:
Fecal microbiome variation in the average, healthy population has remained under-investigated. Here, we analyzed two independent, extensively phenotyped cohorts: the Belgian Flemish Gut Flora Project (FGFP; discovery cohort; N = 1106) and the Dutch LifeLines-DEEP study (LLDeep; replication; N = 1135). Integration with global data sets (N combined = 3948) revealed a 14-genera core microbiota, but the 664 identified genera still underexplore total gut diversity. Sixty-nine clinical and questionnaire-based covariates were found associated to microbiota compositional variation with a 92% replication rate. Stool consistency showed the largest effect size, whereas medication explained largest total variance and interacted with other covariate-microbiota associations. Early-life events such as birth mode were not reflected in adult microbiota composition. Finally, we found that proposed disease marker genera associated to host covariates, urging inclusion of the latter in study design.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Falony, Gwen -- Joossens, Marie -- Vieira-Silva, Sara -- Wang, Jun -- Darzi, Youssef -- Faust, Karoline -- Kurilshikov, Alexander -- Bonder, Marc Jan -- Valles-Colomer, Mireia -- Vandeputte, Doris -- Tito, Raul Y -- Chaffron, Samuel -- Rymenans, Leen -- Verspecht, Chloe -- De Sutter, Lise -- Lima-Mendez, Gipsi -- D'hoe, Kevin -- Jonckheere, Karl -- Homola, Daniel -- Garcia, Roberto -- Tigchelaar, Ettje F -- Eeckhaudt, Linda -- Fu, Jingyuan -- Henckaerts, Liesbet -- Zhernakova, Alexandra -- Wijmenga, Cisca -- Raes, Jeroen -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2016 Apr 29;352(6285):560-4. doi: 10.1126/science.aad3503. Epub 2016 Apr 28.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leuven, Belgium. VIB, Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven, Belgium. ; KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leuven, Belgium. VIB, Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven, Belgium. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Microbiology Unit, Brussels, Belgium. ; Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia. ; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands. ; VIB, Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven, Belgium. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Microbiology Unit, Brussels, Belgium. ; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands. Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, Netherlands. ; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands. University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands. ; KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leuven, Belgium. KU Leuven-University Hospitals Leuven, Department of General Internal Medicine, Leuven, Belgium. ; KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leuven, Belgium. VIB, Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven, Belgium. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Microbiology Unit, Brussels, Belgium. jeroen.raes@kuleuven.be.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27126039" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Bacteria/*classification/genetics/isolation & purification
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Belgium
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Cohort Studies
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Drug Interactions
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Feces/microbiology
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*Gastrointestinal Microbiome
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Humans
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
