Gut microbe networks differ from norm in obese people, systems biology approach reveals
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
People harbor more than 100 trillion microbes. These microbes live in various habitats on and within the human anatomy; the gut houses the densest population of all, containing hundreds of bacterial species. Scientists detected organizational shifts away from the normal lean state in the gut flora of people who were obese. The differences relate to how the microbial community interacts with the human gut environment, rather than variations in its core energy-use processes.