Combined with the lack of fibre to feed the beneficial gut bacteria and promote
more bacterial diversity, a prolonged Ketogenic diet may be a recipe for gut dysbiosis.
As discussed later, this has been the primary finding of more sophisticated contemporary studies using DNA sequencing of stool samples, that is, there is
more bacterial diversity in those consuming traditional diets.
Not exact matches
A new Canadian study finds that the microbiome of infants born via unplanned Cesarean had increased
bacterial richness and
diversity,
more similar to that of vaginally born infants than planned Cesarean [10].
The researchers found that for one frog (Proceratophrys boiei), microbe
diversity was
more than twice as high in continuous forest than in fragments (149 vs. 61 morphotypes, respectively), and its
bacterial density varied between these forests.
New York and San Francisco's
bacterial diversity was virtually identical despite their nearly 4700 - kilometer divide, while Tucson's microbes were
more variable and tended to be heavy on desert soil bacteria in addition to the human - derived species.
In samples from HIV - infected untreated men, semen microbiome
diversity was markedly reduced, and the relative abundance of the
more common
bacterial groups differed.
Another possibility was that all of the
diversity in the
bacterial genes is «neutral» — no particular version of a gene makes an organism
more or less fit for its environment.
Today, we know that children who are not breastfed have low levels of healthy bifidobacterium in their guts, suffer from chronically low
bacterial diversity (which is very important for achieving digestive health), and are
more prone to developing autoimmune diseases.
This study showed that «About a quarter of us have up to 40 % fewer gut bacteria, reduced
bacterial diversity, and harbor
more bacteria causing a low - grade inflammation of the body which is reflected in blood samples that reveal a state of chronic inflammation, which we know affect metabolism and increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.»
This is due to a progressive increase in
bacterial numbers and
diversity towards
more distal regions of the colon, where many gastro - intestinal disorders can develop (see fig. 5 bellow and table 1 in the section «What Are Probiotics?»).
DENVER / April 6, 2018 — Morris Animal Foundation - funded researchers have shown that California sea lions with
more genetic
diversity are less likely to recover from leptospirosis, a deadly
bacterial diseases.