Spatial Characteristics of Colonic Mucosa-Associated Gut Microbiota in Humans
Jiao L, Kourkoumpetis T, Hutchinson D, Ajami N, Hoffman K, White D, Graham D, Hair C, Shah R, Kanwal F, Jarbrink-Sehgal M, Husain N, Hernaez R, Hou J, Cole R, Velez M, Ketwaroo G, Kramer J, El-Serag H, Petrosino J. Spatial Characteristics of Colonic Mucosa-Associated Gut Microbiota in Humans. Microbial Ecology 2021, 83: 811-821. PMID: 34223947, DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01789-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmplicon sequence variantsBacterial community compositionCommunity compositionMucosa-associated gut microbiotaTaxonomic structureSignificant differencesRelative abundanceColonic biopsiesEscherichia/ShigellaInter-individual variabilityColonic segmentsColon segmentsFunctional capacityGut microbiotaLarge intestineFree adultsColonic bacteriaRRNA geneCompositional dissimilarityMajor phylaFecal bacteriaSequencing dataLimited data