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Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers

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  • Stephanie L. Schnorr

    (Plant Foods in Hominin Dietary Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Marco Candela

    (University of Bologna)

  • Simone Rampelli

    (University of Bologna)

  • Manuela Centanni

    (University of Bologna)

  • Clarissa Consolandi

    (Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Italian National Research Council)

  • Giulia Basaglia

    (University of Bologna)

  • Silvia Turroni

    (University of Bologna)

  • Elena Biagi

    (University of Bologna)

  • Clelia Peano

    (Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Italian National Research Council)

  • Marco Severgnini

    (Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Italian National Research Council)

  • Jessica Fiori

    (University of Bologna)

  • Roberto Gotti

    (University of Bologna)

  • Gianluca De Bellis

    (Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Italian National Research Council)

  • Donata Luiselli

    (Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna)

  • Patrizia Brigidi

    (University of Bologna)

  • Audax Mabulla

    (College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam)

  • Frank Marlowe

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Amanda G. Henry

    (Plant Foods in Hominin Dietary Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Alyssa N. Crittenden

    (Metabolism, Anthropometry, and Nutrition Laboratory, University of Nevada)

Abstract

Human gut microbiota directly influences health and provides an extra means of adaptive potential to different lifestyles. To explore variation in gut microbiota and to understand how these bacteria may have co-evolved with humans, here we investigate the phylogenetic diversity and metabolite production of the gut microbiota from a community of human hunter-gatherers, the Hadza of Tanzania. We show that the Hadza have higher levels of microbial richness and biodiversity than Italian urban controls. Further comparisons with two rural farming African groups illustrate other features unique to Hadza that can be linked to a foraging lifestyle. These include absence of Bifidobacterium and differences in microbial composition between the sexes that probably reflect sexual division of labour. Furthermore, enrichment in Prevotella, Treponema and unclassified Bacteroidetes, as well as a peculiar arrangement of Clostridiales taxa, may enhance the Hadza’s ability to digest and extract valuable nutrition from fibrous plant foods.

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  • Stephanie L. Schnorr & Marco Candela & Simone Rampelli & Manuela Centanni & Clarissa Consolandi & Giulia Basaglia & Silvia Turroni & Elena Biagi & Clelia Peano & Marco Severgnini & Jessica Fiori & Rob, 2014. "Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-12, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms4654
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4654
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