Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients

Fabrice Armougom; Mireille Henry; Bernard Vialettes; Denis Raccah; Didier Raoult

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007125

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Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients

Fabrice Armougom,

Affiliation URMITE - UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 3R198, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France
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Mireille Henry,

Affiliation URMITE - UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 3R198, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France
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Bernard Vialettes,

Affiliation Service de Nutrition, Maladies Métaboliques et Endocrinologie, UMR Université méditerranée-INRA U1260, CHU de la Timone, Marseille, France
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Denis Raccah,

Affiliation Nutrition and Diabetology Department, University Hospital Sainte Marguerite, Marseille, France
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Didier Raoult

* E-mail: didier.raoult@gmail.com

Affiliation URMITE - UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 3R198, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France
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Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients

Fabrice Armougom,
Mireille Henry,
Bernard Vialettes,
Denis Raccah,
Didier Raoult

Published: September 23, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007125

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