Open AccessGut Microbiota and Obesity
Author(s) -
Chiara Valsecchi,
Sara Carlotta Tagliacarne,
Anna Maria Castellazzi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.141
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1539-2031
pISSN - 0192-0790
DOI - 10.1097/mcg.0000000000000715
Subject(s) - microbiome , human microbiome , gut flora , bacteria , genome , gut bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , human health , biology , medicine , genetics , gene , immunology , environmental health
Intestinal microbiota is composed by symbiotic innocuous bacteria and potential pathogens also called pathobionts. The human gut normally hosts roughly 1014 bacterial organisms of up to 1000 different species. The genome size of this microbial organ, collectively named microbiome, exceeds the size of the human nuclear genome by 2 orders of magnitude.