CULTURED COLLECTION OF GUT MICROBIAL COMMUNITY
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1. A composition, the composition comprising (i) an in vitro cultured collection of a gut microbial community or (ii) a clonally arrayed culture collection of a gut microbial community.
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Abstract
The present invention encompasses cultured collections of a gut microbial community, models comprising such cultures, and methods of use thereof.
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- 1. A composition, the composition comprising (i) an in vitro cultured collection of a gut microbial community or (ii) a clonally arrayed culture collection of a gut microbial community.
- 8. A method of determining the effect of a perturbation on a gut microbial community, the method comprising applying the perturbation to a cultured collection of a gut microbial community and determining the difference in the community before and after the application of the perturbation, wherein the difference in the cultured collection represents the effect of the perturbation on the original gut microbial community.
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10. A method of specifically manipulating the abundance of a member of a gut microbiome of a host to a target level by changing the diet of the host, the method comprising
(a) determining the linear coefficient for a particular gut microbiome member in relation to protein, fat, polysaccharide, and simple sugar; -
(b) determining the amount of protein, fat, polysaccharide and sugar in a diet necessary to achieve the target level of the gut microbiome member based on the linear coefficients from (a); and (c) feeding a diet to the host that contains the amount of protein, fat, polysaccharide and sugar determined in (b). - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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