Separate groups of germfree mice were colonized with uncultured fecal microbiota from each member of four twin pairs discordant for obesity or with culture collections from an obese (Ob) or lean (Ln) co-twin. (science.sciencemag.org)
Increased total body and fat mass, as well as obesity - associated metabolic phenotypes, were transmissible with uncultured fecal communities and with their corresponding fecal bacterial culture collections. (science.sciencemag.org)
All cultures were obtained from publicly available mycological culture collections at the University of Illinois, Western Illinois University, ATCC, and Lock Haven University. (journals.plos.org)