title: Gut microeukaryotes during anorexia nervosa: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few studies have focused on eukaryote community in the human gut. Here, the diversity of microeukaryotes in the gut microbiota of an anorexic patient was investigated using molecular and culture approaches.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 21-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted in an intensive care unit for severe malnutrition in anorexia nervosa. One stool specimen was collected from the anorexic patient, culture and polymerase chain reaction-based explorations yielded a restricted diversity of fungi but four microeukaryotes Tetratrichomonas sp., Aspergillus ruber, Penicillium solitum and Cladosporium bruhnei previously undescribed in the human gut.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Establishing microeukaryote repertoire in gut microbiota contributes to the understanding of its role in human health.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gouba
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille 13005, France. michel.drancourt@univmed.fr.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001628:Beverages / Q000382:microbiology; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004032:Diet; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005638:Fruit / Q000382:microbiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D064307:Microbiota; D009754:Nuts / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D010407:Penicillium / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016834:Trichomonadida / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014675:Vegetables / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult