Categorization of the gut microbiota: enterotypes or gradients?

Nat Rev Microbiol. 2012 Sep;10(9):591-2. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2859.

Authors

Ian B Jeffery¹, Marcus J Claesson, Paul W O'Toole, Fergus Shanahan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Ireland.

PMID: 23066529
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2859

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteria / classification
Biota*
Cluster Analysis
Gastrointestinal Diseases / microbiology
Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
Gastrointestinal Tract / physiology
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / methods
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Metagenome*