Correlation between fecal metabolites and its microbiota
The metabolites derived from gut bacteria sometimes induce disease in host. Especially, bacterial fermentation of aromatic amino acids generates the metabolites to exacerbate kidney dysfunction. For prevention and treatment of the disease, it is necessary to confirm which bacterial species are involved in production of the metabolites. To elucidate the correlation between the fecal level of bacterial metabolites in gut and its microbiota, we collected human fecal samples from infant to adults, and fecal metabolites and its microbiota was analyzed in this study.