Faecal microbiota composition in vegetarians : comparison with omnivores in a cohort of young women in southern India

The effect of vegetarian diets on faecal microbiota has been explored largely through culture-based techniques. The present study compared the faecal microbiota of vegetarian and omnivorous young women in southern India. Faecal samples were obtained from thirty-two lacto-vegetarian and twenty-four omnivorous young adult women from a similar social and economic background. Macronutrient intake and anthropometric data were collected. Faecal microbiota of interest was quantified by real-time PCR with SYBR Green using primers targeting 16S rRNA genes of groups, including: Clostridium coccoides group (Clostridium cluster XIVa), Roseburia spp.-Eubacterium rectale, Bacteroides--Prevotella group, Bifidobacterium genus, Lactobacillus group, Clostridium leptum group (Clostridium cluster IV), Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Ruminococcus productus--C. coccoides, Butyrivibrio, Enterococcus species and Enterobacteriaceae. The groups were matched for age, socio-economic score and anthropometric indices. Intake of energy, complex carbohydrates and Ca were significantly higher in the omnivorous group. The faecal microbiota of the omnivorous group was enriched with Clostridium cluster XIVa bacteria, specifically Roseburia-E. rectale. The relative proportions of other microbial communities were similar in both groups. The butyryl-CoA CoA-transferase gene, associated with microbial butyrate production, was present in greater amounts in the faeces of omnivores, and the levels were highly correlated with Clostridium cluster XIVa and Roseburia-E. rectale abundance and to a lesser extent with Clostridium leptum and F. prausnitzii abundance and with crude fibre intake. Omnivores had an increased relative abundance of Clostridium cluster XIVa bacteria and butyryl-CoA CoA-transferase gene compared with vegetarians, but we were unable to identify the components of the diet responsible for this difference.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

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The British journal of nutrition - 108(2012), 6 vom: 28. Sept., Seite 953-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kabeerdoss, Jayakanthan [VerfasserIn]
Devi, R Shobana [VerfasserIn]
Mary, R Regina [VerfasserIn]
Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S [VerfasserIn]

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Bacterial Proteins
Butyryl-CoA acetoacetate CoA transferase
Coenzyme A-Transferases
Dietary Fiber
EC 2.8.3.-
Journal Article
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 19.11.2012

Date Revised 16.11.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0007114511006362

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM213977257