Sentences with phrase «decreased bacterial diversity»

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The researchers also noted signs of increased gut permeability — or leaky gut — and a decrease in the diversity of gut bacteria and anti-inflammatory bacterial metabolites, such as short - chain fatty acids, said Jairam K.P. Vanamala, associate professor of food sciences, Penn State.

Relative to samples associated with colonization, those from pneumonia had significantly lower microbial diversity, decreased levels of several bacterial genera and prominent multifunctional cytokine responses.

This study reinforces both reduced use of antibiotics, which decreases gut flora diversity, and the use of probiotics to reestablish normal bacterial populations.