Comparison of the gut microbiotas of healthy adult twins living in South Korea and the United States

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Oct;77(20):7433-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05490-11. Epub 2011 Aug 26.

Abstract

We compared the composition of the fecal microbiotas of Korean and U.S. adult twins. Our data indicated that the gut microbiota shows some signature of biogeography, potentially mediated by differences in diet and/or other environmental factors; however, these regional differences may be masked by other phenotypic variations, such as obesity.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biodiversity*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Metagenome*
  • Phylogeography
  • Republic of Korea
  • Twins
  • United States