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Impact of diet in shaping gut microbiota revealed by a comparative study in children from Europe and rural Africa

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ID23364429
AuthorsCarlotta De Filippo (0000-0002-2222-6524, University of Florence), Duccio Cavalieri (0000-0001-6426-5719, University of Florence), Monica Di Paola (0000-0002-2324-2649, University of Florence), Matteo Ramazzotti (0000-0002-6862-9409, University of Florence), Jean Baptiste Poullet (DNA Vision Agrifood S.A., B-4000 Liège, Belgium; and), Sebastien Massart (0000-0002-7153-737X, DNA Vision Agrifood S.A., B-4000 Liège, Belgium; and), Silvia Collini (University of Florence), Giuseppe Pieraccini (0000-0003-3103-3924, Centro Interdipartimentale di Spettrometria di Massa, University of Florence, 50139 Firenze, Italy), Paolo Lionetti (0000-0001-8029-3904, University of Florence, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume107
Issue33
Pages14691-14696
Publication date2010-08-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-8424 • E-ISSN: 1091-6490
PublisherNational Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1073/pnas.1005963107
PMID20679230
PMCIDPMC2930426
OpenAlexW2087292184
LanguageEN
Citations received70
References cited32

Gut microbial composition depends on different dietary habits just as health depends on microbial metabolism, but the association of microbiota with different diets in human populations has not yet been shown. In this work, we compared the fecal microbiota of European children (EU) and that of children from a rural African village of Burkina Faso (BF), where the diet, high in fiber content, is similar to that of early human settlements at the time of the birth of agriculture. By using high-throughput 16S rDNA sequencing and biochemical analyses, we found significant differences in gut microbiota between the two groups. BF children showed a significant enrichment in Bacteroidetes and depletion in Firmicutes ( P Prevotella and Xylanibacter , known to contain a set of bacterial genes for cellulose and xylan hydrolysis, completely lacking in the EU children. In addition, we found significantly more short-chain fatty acids ( P Enterobacteriaceae ( Shigella and Escherichia) were significantly underrepresented in BF than in EU children ( P

16S ribosomal RNA · Bacteria · Bacteroides · Bacteroidetes · Biology · Feces · Firmicutes · Gut flora · Prevotella · Diet and metabolism studies · Food Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Genetics · Gut microbiota and health · Immunology · Microbiology

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