TY - JOUR
T1 - Subsistence strategies in traditional societies distinguish gut microbiomes
AU - Obregon-Tito, Alexandra J.
AU - Tito, Raul Y.
AU - Metcalf, Jessica
AU - Sankaranarayanan, Krithivasan
AU - Clemente, Jose C.
AU - Ursell, Luke K.
AU - Zech Xu, Zhenjiang
AU - Van Treuren, Will
AU - Knight, Rob
AU - Gaffney, Patrick M.
AU - Spicer, Paul
AU - Lawson, Paul
AU - Marin-Reyes, Luis
AU - Trujillo-Villarroel, Omar
AU - Foster, Morris
AU - Guija-Poma, Emilio
AU - Troncoso-Corzo, Luzmila
AU - Warinner, Christina
AU - Ozga, Andrew T.
AU - Lewis, Cecil M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - Recent studies suggest that gut microbiomes of urban-industrialized societies are different from those of traditional peoples. Here we examine the relationship between lifeways and gut microbiota through taxonomic and functional potential characterization of faecal samples from hunter-gatherer and traditional agriculturalist communities in Peru and an urban-industrialized community from the US. We find that in addition to taxonomic and metabolic differences between urban and traditional lifestyles, hunter-gatherers form a distinct sub-group among traditional peoples. As observed in previous studies, we find that Treponema are characteristic of traditional gut microbiomes. Moreover, through genome reconstruction (2.2-2.5 MB, coverage depth × 26-513) and functional potential characterization, we discover these Treponema are diverse, fall outside of pathogenic clades and are similar to Treponema succinifaciens, a known carbohydrate metabolizer in swine. Gut Treponema are found in non-human primates and all traditional peoples studied to date, suggesting they are symbionts lost in urban-industrialized societies.
AB - Recent studies suggest that gut microbiomes of urban-industrialized societies are different from those of traditional peoples. Here we examine the relationship between lifeways and gut microbiota through taxonomic and functional potential characterization of faecal samples from hunter-gatherer and traditional agriculturalist communities in Peru and an urban-industrialized community from the US. We find that in addition to taxonomic and metabolic differences between urban and traditional lifestyles, hunter-gatherers form a distinct sub-group among traditional peoples. As observed in previous studies, we find that Treponema are characteristic of traditional gut microbiomes. Moreover, through genome reconstruction (2.2-2.5 MB, coverage depth × 26-513) and functional potential characterization, we discover these Treponema are diverse, fall outside of pathogenic clades and are similar to Treponema succinifaciens, a known carbohydrate metabolizer in swine. Gut Treponema are found in non-human primates and all traditional peoples studied to date, suggesting they are symbionts lost in urban-industrialized societies.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncomms7505
DO - 10.1038/ncomms7505
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 25807110
AN - SCOPUS:84925708427
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 6
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
M1 - 6505
ER -