Argentine Human Microbiota- pilot study. human metagenome

The human microbiota is the collection of microorganisms living in or on the human body. An imbalance or dysbiosis in these microbial communities is known to be associated with disease. Then, a comprehensive characterization of the healthy microbiota is critical for predicting alterations related to disease. This study should be based on a broad population of healthy humans over time, geography and cultural traditions, since these factors induce variation in the human microbial communities.We characterized the microbiota of six different body habitats: palatine tonsils, saliva, buccal mucosa, throat, anterior nares and gut from samples of 20 healthy middle-income male and females between the ages of 20 and 50 years living in Rosario City, Argentina, South America.