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Firmicutes

Known as: Firmacutes, Clostridium group firmicutes, Low G+C Gram-positive Bacteria 
A phylum of predominantly GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA that includes the orders Bacillales and Clostridiales. Firmicutes and BACTEROIDETES are the two… 
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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Association between body mass index and Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio in an adult Ukrainian population
Metagenomic studies confirm that obesity is associated with a composition of gut microbiota. There are some controversies… 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Polysaccharide utilization loci and nutritional specialization in a dominant group of butyrate-producing human colonic Firmicutes
Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes are the predominant bacterial phyla colonizing the healthy human large intestine. Whilst both… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Reshaping faecal gut microbiota composition by the intake of trans-resveratrol and quercetin in high-fat sucrose diet-fed rats.
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Human intestinal microbiota composition is associated with local and systemic inflammation in obesity
Intestinal microbiota have been suggested to contribute to the development of obesity, but the mechanism remains elusive. The… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
A meta-analysis of the microbial diversity observed in anaerobic digesters.
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Frequency of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes in gut microbiota in obese and normal weight Egyptian children and adults
Introduction Obesity and associated metabolic disorders are a worldwide epidemic. Recent evidence suggests that the microbial… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients
Background Studies of the bacterial communities of the gut microbiota have revealed a shift in the ratio of Firmicutes and… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Characterizing a model human gut microbiota composed of members of its two dominant bacterial phyla
The adult human distal gut microbial community is typically dominated by 2 bacterial phyla (divisions), the Firmicutes and the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Comstock, G. W. (Training Center for Public Health Research, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Box 2067… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Exploring prokaryotic diversity in the genomic era
Our understanding of prokaryote biology from study of pure cultures and genome sequencing has been limited by a pronounced… 
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