Percent of microbiota that belong to the phyla Bacteroidetes or Firmicutes

Range > 99 %
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference Rawls, J. F., Mahowald, M. a, Ley, R. E., & Gordon, J. I. (2006). Reciprocal gut microbiota transplants from zebrafish and mice to germ-free recipients reveal host habitat selection. Cell, 127(2), 423–33. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.08.043PubMed ID17055441
Primary Source Ley, R. E., Peterson, D. a, & Gordon, J. I. (2006). Ecological and evolutionary forces shaping microbial diversity in the human intestine. Cell, 124(4), 837–48. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.02.017PubMed ID16497592
Method High throughput sequencing of amplified 16s rRNAs.
Entered by Avi Flamholz
ID 109671