What is it about?
Exposure to an unsanitary environment increases the diversity and alters the composition of gut microbiota. To identify the key element in the unsanitary environment responsible for this phenomenon, we investigated the effect and the extent by which the soil in our environment influenced the composition of gut microbiota.
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Why is it important?
human gut microbiota is associated with many diseases, such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases and autism. The research on the main contributing factor is important for disease preventing.
Perspectives
These findings provide a potential new strategy for intervening on the human gut microbial community and preventing disease.
Dongrui Zhou
Southeast University
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This page is a summary of: Soil is a key factor influencing gut microbiota and its effect is comparable to that exerted by diet for mice, F1000Research, October 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.15297.1.
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