Firmicutes
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Pathology
Physiology
- one of two major groups of gut flora, including gastric wall
- ~90% of human GI flora consist of Bacteroidetes & Firmicutes
- Firmicutes generate more harvestable energy than Bacteroidetes
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References
- ↑ Turnbaugh PJ, Ley RE, Mahowald MA, Magrini V, Mardis ER, Gordon JI. An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest. Nature. 2006 Dec 21;444(7122):1027-131. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17183312
Ley RE, Turnbaugh PJ, Klein S, Gordon JI. Microbial ecology: human gut microbes associated with obesity. Nature. 2006 Dec 21;444(7122):1022-3. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17183309
Bajzer M, Seeley RJ. Physiology: obesity and gut flora. Nature. 2006 Dec 21;444(7122):1009-10. No abstract available. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17183300