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Table 3 Assessment of communities' abundance using clonal sequencing data

From: Use of pyrosequencing and DNA barcodes to monitor variations in Firmicutes and Bacteroidetescommunities in the gut microbiota of obese humans

Origin of data

Bacterial phylum

Bacterial proportion (%) found in the study

Bacterial proportion (%) using DNA barcode

Eckburg et al. study [1]

Firmicutes

50.78

50.36

 

Bacteroidetes

47.67

47.52

Ley et al. mouse gut study [3]

Bacteroidetes (+/+ Lean)

36.39

36.45

 

Bacteroidetes (Ob/ob Obese)

22.86

22.27

Turnbaugh et al. study [2]

Firmicutes (Ob/ob Donors)

67.86

62.78

 

Bacteroidetes (Ob/ob Donors)

28.74

29.04

 

Firmicutes (Ob/ob recipients)

62.83

60.32

 

Bacteroidetes (Ob/ob recipients)

31.88

31.27

 

Firmicutes (Lean donors)

54.82

54.82

 

Bacteroidetes (Lean donors)

40.96

40.96

 

Firmicutes (Lean recipients)

49.39

48.26

 

Bacteroidetes (Lean recipients)

47.7

46.69

Ley et al. human gut study [4]

Firmicutes (0 week on diet)

88.47

84.97

 

Bacteroidetes (0 week on diet)

3.15

3.11

 

Firmicutes (12 week on)

85.35

82.16

 

Bacteroidetes (12 week on diet)

9.58

9.36

 

Firmicutes (26 week on diet)

70.91

66.97

 

Bacteroidetes (26 week on diet)

12.92

12.8

 

Firmicutes (52 week on diet)

75.3

70.66

 

Bacteroidetes (52 week on diet)

15.66

15.02

  1. Bacterial relative abundances found in four 16S rRNA surveys were compared to those inferred with the DNA barcodes application.