
含细菌的肠绒毛

微生物组的组成
微生物组是指特定区域内微生物(微生物群)、其基因及其微环境(生活环境)的完整集合。细菌约占微生物组的 98%。1、2
微生物组的子集包括病毒组(病毒)、真菌组(真菌)和古生菌组(古生菌;这些微生物类似于细菌,但属于完全不同的域)。3微生物组是一个存在复杂相互作用和相互关联代谢作用的动态环境。4
病毒组包括会感染微生物组内细菌(噬菌体)以及环境中宿主细胞的病毒。5、6噬菌体占病毒组的大多数。5、6到目前为止,对病毒组的研究较为有限6、7,但是在患有慢性肠病或急性腹泻的犬体内,已确定了粪便病毒组的变化。5、6同样,目前已发表的关于宠物真菌组的研究也较为有限。8
肠道微生物组的基因数量远远超过宿主的基因数量。据估计,人体内微生物基因数量是人体基因数量的 100 倍以上。9
对幼猫肠道微生物组进行的宏基因组分析显示,发现的独特基因数量大约是猫基因组中已发现的开放阅读框数量的 108 倍。10
肠道微生物组中占比最多的菌门是厚壁菌门、拟杆菌门、梭杆菌门,其次是变形菌门和放线菌门。11

变形菌门是肠道微生物组中最多样化的菌门,包括许多已知的机会性致病菌(如 大肠杆菌、克雷伯氏菌、沙门氏菌和弯曲杆菌)以及在肠道内稳态中发挥重要作用的细菌。12猫粪便微生物组可能比犬粪便微生物组更为多样化。12
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