The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age

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Denis Mariat · Département Génétique Animale

Olivier Firmesse

Florence Levenez

VD Guimarăes · Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires

Harry Sokol · Hôpital Saint-Antoine

Joël Doré

Gérard Corthier

J-P Furet

Abstract

In this work we have confirmed that qPCR is a powerful technique in studying the diverse and complex fecal microbiota. Our work demonstrates that the fecal microbiota composition evolves throughout life, from early childhood to old age.

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Gut microbiota and health Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

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Published in: BMC Microbiology

Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 123-123

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-123

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The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age

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