Sentences with phrase «bacteria than healthy individuals»

Researchers have found that patients with IBD have fewer anti-inflammatory intestinal bacteria and / or more inflammatory bacteria than healthy individuals.

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Some species of bacteria were present in larger numbers than in healthy individuals; other species were diminished.

Since the bacteria are associated with contributing to good health, Mangalam and his colleagues wondered whether those with a chronic autoimmune disorder, such as multiple sclerosis, would then have a gut microbiome that is different than the microbiome found in healthy individuals.

In healthy individuals, the gastrointestinal tract contains more than 100 trillion bacteria, called the microbiome, that live symbiotically and provide numerous benefits.

Spurred by this finding, Littman's team examined the gut microbiota in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a debilitating autoimmune disease, and found a much higher proportion of patients than healthy individuals who harbored the human intestinal bacterium Prevotella copri.