title: Gut Microbiome: Westernization and the Disappearance of Intestinal Diversity.
abstract: The environment shapes our intestinal microbiome. By contrasting the gut microbiomes of African hunter-gatherer and European subjects, a new study reveals that urbanization is associated with a loss of microbial organisms and genes. What will be the consequences of the lost biodiversity in the sanitized, western-diet world?
authors.affiliation: Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 9, 38123 Povo (TN), Italy. Electronic address: Nicola.segata@unitn.it.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Segata
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D066046:Diet, Paleolithic; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D054892:Metagenome / Q000235:genetics*; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*