New-found link between microbiota and obesity

Table 1 Prevalence of gut microbiota in health and disease

Microbiota in normal gut	Microbiota in obesity
Firmicutes phylum	Increase in Firmicutes phylum
Bacteriodetes phylum	Reduced abundance of Bacteroidetes
Actinobacteria phylum	A higher level of Actinobacteria phylum
Verrucomicrobia phylum	Lower proportion of Verrucomicrobia
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii species	Reduced abundance of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii species