Murine gut microbiota-diet trumps genes

Jens Walter

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2014.12.004

Murine gut microbiota-diet trumps genes

Cell Host Microbe. 2015 Jan 14;17(1):3-5. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.12.004.

Author

Jens Walter¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Agriculture, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada. Electronic address: jwalter1@ualberta.ca.

PMID: 25590753
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.12.004

Abstract

Both environmental factors and host genetics shape the composition of gut microbiota in mammals, but what matters more is insufficiently understood. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Carmody et al. (2015) show that diet can overrule genotype-related differences in gut microbiota composition in different mouse populations.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Diet*
Feeding Behavior*
Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
Microbiota*