Microbial menagerie: Junk food binge alters community of microbes in the gut in less than a day
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 17:49
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new research at the School of Medicine. The study was based on transplants of human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice.