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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yasuda K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4369771 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell host & microbe 20150226 3
The gut microbiome is widely studied by fecal sampling, but the extent to which stool reflects the commensal composition at intestinal sites is poorly understood. We investigated this relationship in rhesus macaques by 16S sequencing feces and paired lumenal and mucosal samples from ten sites distal to the jejunum. Stool composition correlated highly with the colonic lumen and mucosa and moderately with the distal small intestine. The mucosal microbiota varied most based on location and was enri ...[more]