Sentences with phrase «gut microbial community composition»

Preliminary analyses indicate that differences in gut microbial community composition are related to the environment each group inhabits.

To investigate variation in gut microbial community composition within a species, we collected fecal samples from five groups of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in Mexico over an eight - week period (May - July 2009).

Still, he adds, «there's a lot more basic biology that will need to be worked out to fully appreciate the mechanisms that cause sweeteners to alter gut microbial community composition and function, and how in turn this shapes host metabolism.»

Not exact matches

Mothers known as «non-secretors» have a non-functional fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) gene, which alters the composition of their breast milk sugars and changes how the microbial community, or microbiota, of their infants» guts develop.

The product affected certain gut bacteria without changing the global composition of the microbial community.

in short, varying the inputs can have a dramatic impact on the composition of the gut microbial community.