title: Age-related prevalence of Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis in the human gut microbiome.
abstract: A 16S rDNA sequence-based investigation of methanogenic Archaea in the human stools found Methanobrevibacter smithii in 99.2% and Methanosphaera stadtmanae in 32.6%. The recently described Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis found by others to be representative of a new order of methanogenic Archaea was found in 4% of stool specimens. The prevalence of M. luminyensis significantly increased with age, contrary to M. smithii and M. stadtmanae.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Aix-Marseille- Université, France.
authors.forename: Bédis
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dridi
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Richet
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017931:DNA Primers; D019641:DNA, Archaeal / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D054892:Metagenome; D017013:Methanobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041581:Methanobrevibacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D019641:DNA, Archaeal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S