Table 1 Composition of the human microbiota compared in three age groups
From: The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age
TaqMan detection | SYBR-Green detection | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Firmicutes | Firmicutes | Firmicutes | ||||||
n | All-bacteria (a) | C. leptum group (b) | C. coccoides group (b) | Bacteroides/Prevotella group (b) | Bifidobacterium genus (b) | E. coli (b) | Lactobacillus/Leuconostoc/Pediococcus group (b) | |
Infant | 21 | 10.7 ± 0.1 (A) | -3.2 ± 0.4 (A) | -3.2 ± 0.4 (A) | -1.5 ± 0.3 (A) | -0.6 ± 0.2 (A) | -1.5 ± 0.3 (A) | -3 ± 0.2 (A) |
Adult | 21 | 11.5 ± 0.1 (B) | -0.7 ± 0.1 (B) | -1.2 ± 0.1 (B) | -1.5 ± 0.1 (AB) | -2.3 ± 0.3 (B) | -3.8 ± 0.1 (B) | -3.9 ± 0.3 (AB) |
Elder | 20 | 11.4 ± 0.1 (B) | -1.1 ± 0.1 (C) | -1.8 ± 0.1 (A) | -1 ± 0.1 (A) | -2.3 ± 0.3 (B) | -2.4 ± 0.2 (C) | -4.2 ± 0.2 (B) |