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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, p. 3980-3988, Vol. 44, No. 11
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00312-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Culture-Independent Analyses of Temporal Variation of the Dominant Fecal Microbiota and Targeted Bacterial Subgroups in Crohn's Disease{triangledown}

Pauline D. Scanlan,1,2 Fergus Shanahan,1 Caitlin O'Mahony,1 and Julian R. Marchesi1,2*

Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland,1 Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland2

Received 13 February 2006/ Returned for modification 25 April 2006/ Accepted 6 September 2006

Gut microbiota shows host-specific diversity and temporal stability and significantly contributes to maintenance of a healthy gut. However, in inflammatory bowel disease, this microbiota has been implicated as a contributory factor to the illness. This study compared bacterial dynamics in Crohn's disease patients to those in a control group using a culture-independent method to assess the temporal stability, relative diversity, and similarity of the dominant fecal microbiota, Clostridium spp., Bacteroides spp., Bifidobacterium spp., and lactic acid bacteria spp. (LAB) for all individuals. Fecal samples were collected over several time points from individuals with Crohn's disease who were in remission (n = 11), from Crohn's disease patients who relapsed into an active Crohn's disease state (n = 5), and from a control group (n = 18). Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles were generated for the different microbial groups by specifically targeting different regions of the 16S rRNA gene and were compared on the basis of similarity and diversity. The temporal stability of dominant species for all Crohn's disease patients was significantly lower (P < 0.005) than that for the control group. Analysis of group-specific profiles for Bifidobacterium spp. found that they were similar in all samples, while the diversity of the LAB varied significantly between the groups, but temporal stability was not significantly altered. We observed significant changes in two functionally important mutualistic groups of bacteria, viz., Clostridium and Bacteroides spp., which may have implications for the host's gut health, since some genera are involved in production of short-chain fatty acid, e.g., butyrate.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Phone: 353-21-4902820. Fax: 353-21-4903101. E-mail: j.marchesi{at}ucc.ie.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 September 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, p. 3980-3988, Vol. 44, No. 11
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00312-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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