Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trial
Physical exercise contributes to good health and affects gut microbiota. We investigated the gut microbiota features of students majoring in sports. Fecal samples were collected from the sports majors (SS group, 50 students, 11 males, and 39 females, 18.7 ± 0.8 years old) and non-sports majors (NC g...
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| description | Physical exercise contributes to good health and affects gut microbiota. We investigated the gut microbiota features of students majoring in sports. Fecal samples were collected from the sports majors (SS group, 50 students, 11 males, and 39 females, 18.7 ± 0.8 years old) and non-sports majors (NC group, 50 students, 23 males, and 27 females, 19.0 ± 1.0 years old) for high-throughput sequencing analysis. Their clinical data were statistically analyzed. The results showed that the gut microbiota compositions are similar in evolution and development, and significant differences were observed in the proportion of rare species, such as Fusobacterium, Mitsuokella, Acidaminococcus, and Butyricicoccus. Compared with the NC group, the SS group exhibited a more diverse gut microbiota, with a high abundance of Alistipes, Faecalibacterium, Roseburia, Prevotella, etc., at the genus level, as well as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Bifidobacterium adolescentis, Bacteroides uniformis, and Bacteroides plebeius at the species level. The research shows that long-term physical exercise or training can enhance gut microbiota diversity and boost beneficial bacteria, which are conducive to intestinal environmental conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ad04229bcdef4a788b90387674de1bda2025-01-24T01:27:30ZengAIMS PressAIMS Bioengineering2375-14952024-11-0111347848810.3934/bioeng.2024021Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trialBenlong Ma0Yifang Zhang1Wenbo Yuan2Nan Hu3Shanshan Li4School of Physical Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, PR ChinaCollege of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, PR ChinaCollege of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, PR ChinaCollege of Physical Education, Baicheng Normal University, Baicheng 137000, PR ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, PR ChinaPhysical exercise contributes to good health and affects gut microbiota. We investigated the gut microbiota features of students majoring in sports. Fecal samples were collected from the sports majors (SS group, 50 students, 11 males, and 39 females, 18.7 ± 0.8 years old) and non-sports majors (NC group, 50 students, 23 males, and 27 females, 19.0 ± 1.0 years old) for high-throughput sequencing analysis. Their clinical data were statistically analyzed. The results showed that the gut microbiota compositions are similar in evolution and development, and significant differences were observed in the proportion of rare species, such as Fusobacterium, Mitsuokella, Acidaminococcus, and Butyricicoccus. Compared with the NC group, the SS group exhibited a more diverse gut microbiota, with a high abundance of Alistipes, Faecalibacterium, Roseburia, Prevotella, etc., at the genus level, as well as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Bifidobacterium adolescentis, Bacteroides uniformis, and Bacteroides plebeius at the species level. The research shows that long-term physical exercise or training can enhance gut microbiota diversity and boost beneficial bacteria, which are conducive to intestinal environmental conditions.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/bioeng.2024021physical exercisegut microbiota16s rrna sequencingsports majormicrobiota diversity |
| spellingShingle | Benlong Ma Yifang Zhang Wenbo Yuan Nan Hu Shanshan Li Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trial AIMS Bioengineering physical exercise gut microbiota 16s rrna sequencing sports major microbiota diversity |
| title | Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trial |
| title_full | Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trial |
| title_fullStr | Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trial |
| title_short | Gut microbiota differences between sports and non-sports major students: a population-controlled trial |
| title_sort | gut microbiota differences between sports and non sports major students a population controlled trial |
| topic | physical exercise gut microbiota 16s rrna sequencing sports major microbiota diversity |
| url | https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/bioeng.2024021 |
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