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Characterization of the Gut Microbial Community of Obese Patients Following a Weight-Loss Intervention Using Whole Metagenome Shotgun Sequencing

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Cross-sectional studies suggested that obesity is promoted by the gut microbiota. However, longitudinal data on taxonomic and functional changes in the gut microbiota of obese patients are scarce. The aim of this work is to study microbiota changes in the course of weight loss...

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Autores principales: Louis, Sandrine, Tappu, Rewati-Mukund, Damms-Machado, Antje, Huson, Daniel H., Bischoff, Stephan C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26919743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149564