@article{PAR00013060,
  title = {{C}omparison of the gut microbiota of people in {F}rance and {S}audi {A}rabia},
  author = {{Y}asir, {M}. and {A}ngelakis, {E}. and {B}ibi, {F}. and {A}zhar, {E}. {I}. and {B}achar, {D}. and {L}agier, {J}. {C}. and {G}aborit, {B}. and {H}assan, {A}. {M}. and {J}iman-{F}atani, {A}. {A}. and {A}lshali, {K}. {Z}. and {R}obert, {C}. and {D}utour, {A}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{BACKGROUND}/{OBJECTIVES}: {T}he gut microbiota contributes to energy acquisition from food, and changes in the gut microbiome are associated with obesity. {T}he eating habits of {S}audis are much different than those of {E}uropeans, and our objective was to compare the fecal microbiota of obese and normal weight {S}audis and {F}rench. {SUBJECTS}/{METHODS}: {I}llumina {M}i{S}eq deep sequencing was used to test the gut microbiota of 9 normal weight and 9 obese individuals from {S}audi {A}rabia and 16 normal weight and 12 obese individuals from {F}rance. {RESULTS}: {O}bese {F}rench possessed significantly more relative {P}roteobacteria ({P} = 0.002) and {B}acteroidetes ({P} = 0.05) and had lower richness and biodiversity at all the operational taxonomic unit ({OTU}) cutoffs ({P}o0.05) than normal weight {F}rench. {O}bese {S}audis possessed significantly more {F}irmicutes ({P} = 0.001) without a difference in richness ({P} = 0.2) and biodiversity ({P} = 0.3) compared with normal weight {S}audis. {W}e found a common bacterial species core of 23 species existing in >= 50% of obese and normal weight {S}audis and 29 species in. 50% of obese and normal weight {F}rench. {A}ctinomyces odontolyticus, {E}scherichia coli and {R}uminococcus obeum were present in at least 50% of all individuals tested. {F}rench individuals had significantly higher richness and biodiversity compared with {S}audis at all the {OTU} cutoffs ({P} < 0.05). {CONCLUSION}: {M}icrobiota differences between obese and normal weight {F}rench were not similar to those between obese and normal weight {S}audis. {T}he studies of different populations can result in contrasting data regarding the associations of the gut microbiota and obesity.},
  keywords = {{FRANCE} ; {ARABIE} {SAOUDITE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}utrition and {D}iabetes},
  volume = {5},
  numero = {},
  pages = {e153},
  ISSN = {2044-4052},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1038/nutd.2015.3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00013060},
}