Finally, preliminary research suggests that both diabetics and Alzheimer's disease patients have altered
gut microbiomes compared to healthy controls.
And what we found is that, in patients who responded to the treatment, they actually had a much higher diversity of bacteria in
their gut microbiomes compared to non-responders.»
Westerners have a less - diverse
gut microbiome compared to hunter - gatherers, but how and why these microbe collections diverged has largely remained a mystery.
Not exact matches
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.
«We noticed that oral microbes are relatively enriched in
gut microbiomes of patients with several diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), HIV infection, and colon cancer
compared with healthy individuals.»
Shapiro and his team
compared the Inuit
gut microbiomes to those in samples from 26 adults in Montreal.
Furthermore, rectal swabs and feces were
compared, for the first time using high - throughput sequencing, in order to understand whether these two sample types are equivalent in describing koala
gut microbiome.
In the BIOHM test, your
gut microbiomes are
compared to someone with a «well - balanced digestive system.»
Shows you how your bacterial strains and levels
compare to the National Institutes of Health's Human
Microbiome Project data on
gut bacterial strains
One study
compared the
gut microbiome of children with diagnosed IgE mediated food allergies with that of their siblings who did not have a food allergy as well as non-allergic controls.