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Table 1 Some examples of disbiosis found in obesity and diabetes

From: Role of commensal and probiotic bacteria in human health: a focus on inflammatory bowel disease

Disease

Disbiosis

Model

Technique

Sample

N

Reference

Obesity

↓ Bacteroidetes

Mice C57BL/6J

16S RNA sequencing

Distal intestinal content

5088 sequences

[39]

↑ Firmicutes

↑ Firmicutes

Humans

16S RNA sequencing

Faecal

12

[40]

Real time PCR

40

[41]

↑ Bacteroidetes

16S RNA sequencing

154

[42]

↑ H2-producing bacterial groups (Prevotellaceae family and certain groups of Firmicutes)

Humans

16S RNA sequencing

Faecal

9

[43]

Type 1 diabetes

Ratio bacteriodietes/firmicutes altered

Non obese diabetic mice (NOD)

16S RNA sequencing

Faecal

 

[44]

Type 2 diabetes

↓ Prevotella,

Humans

16S RNA sequencing Real time PCR

Faecal

36

[45]

 

↓ Bifidobacterium spp

     
 

↓ F. prausnitzii

     
   

16S RNA sequencing Real time PCR DGGE

 

28

[46]

 

↑ Bacteroides

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