2180 metasequencing
gut microbiota from an obese human
one morbidly obese volunteer (weight 174.8 kg, BMI 58.8 kg/m2)
Metagenomic sequencing of the fecal samples at 0, 9 and 23 weeks confirmed one genus as the most significantly reduced population and found genes involved in LPS synthetic pathway markedly diminished during weight loss .