A Taxonomic Signature of Obesity in the Microbiome? Getting to the Guts of the Matter

Obesity is an important and intractable public health problem. In addition to the well-known risk factors of behavior, diet, and genetics, gut microbial communities were recently identified as another possible source of risk and a potential therapeutic target. However, human and animal-model studies...

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Main Authors: Finucane, Mariel M., Sharpton, Thomas J., Laurent, Timothy J., Pollard, Katherine S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885756/