Repository series · ncbi-prjeb17702
Comparison of the gut microbiota of obese individuals from different geographic origins
Few studies have examined the interaction of human geography, microbial community structure and obesity. We tested obese adult volunteers from France, Saudi Arabia, French Polynesia and from a traditional population in the village of Trois-Sauts in French Guiana by sequencing the V3-V4 region. We also sequenced two homemade fermented cachiri beers that are highly consumed by Amazonians. The gut microbiomes of the French and Saudis had significantly less richness and biodiversity than those of the Amazonians and Polynesians , whereas the Amazonians presented significantly stricter anaerobic genera than the Saudis, French and Polynesians .
The accession and its GCC connection are verified. Registration alone does not establish that the broader research programme remains active.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Saudi Arabia connection indexed in BioProject metadata
- Project type
- Repository project
- Research domain
- Human health and population genomics
- Years
- 2018–
- Lifecycle status
- repository_recorded
- Status basis
- Registered in NCBI BioProject on 2018/08/24; operational lifecycle is not asserted.
- Status evidence date
- 2018-08-24
- Scale
- 1 BioProject accession grouped by matching submitter, date, data type and narrative.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Unite de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE) CNRS, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de la Mediterranee, Marseille, France
- Partner organizations
- Not stated
- Organism / population
- Not stated
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- Other
- Sequencing
- Genome
Data access
Public repository metadata with linked data where supplied by the submitter
Identifiers
- BioProject
PRJEB17702
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Exact country-name match in authoritative NCBI BioProject metadata; repeated submissions are grouped into one Atlas series.
Editorial note
Repository verification confirms the accession and regional connection, not whether the broader research programme remains active.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
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