Sentences with phrase «compared fecal samples»
They compared fecal samples, loaded with gut microbiome members, from three groups: Amazonian hunter - gatherers and Andean farmers, both living in Peru, and an industrialized population in the U.S.. Each group possessed distinct microbiomes with varying types of bacteria, but the American population stood out for having both different and less diverse critters.
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In order to identify possible microbial metabolites associated with ASD Kang and his colleagues looked for and compared the compounds in fecal samples from children with and without ASD.
They genetically sequenced 175 fecal samples collected from May to September from 2006 - 2011, which results in nearly 5 million individual sequences that they compared to potential fish from their diet.
$ 1,500 «All in the family» Shallow shotgun metagenomic analysis of up to four fecal samples (furry family members also ok), including mapping to reference genomes and comparing profiles of genetic similarities and differences among different family members.
They took a bunch of fecal samples from vegetarians, did some DNA fingerprinting, compared it to omnivore feces, and found significantly more of the lean - type bacteria — suggesting a smaller capacity for energy gain from food in vegetarians.