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Bacterial populations associated with different regions of the human colon wall.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 01 Mar 1983, 45(3):1025-1033
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.45.3.1025-1033.1983 PMID: 6847178 PMCID: PMC242405

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The microorganisms associated with the undiseased human colon wall were examined in material obtained from four sudden-death victims. In traffic accident subjects (aged 45 and 16 years) the anaerobe-aerobe ratio was about 10(4):1 in all areas of the colon examined, whereas in acute heart failure subjects (aged 74 and 46 years) the ratio was as low as 1.2:1. The flora of each individual was distinct and complex. Although the predominant anaerobes isolated were Bacteroides and Fusobacterium spp., which composed over 50% of the flora in some samples, the species isolated (indicated by morphology and glucose fermentation products) varied between individuals. Other major types observed were gram-positive nonsporing rods, including Bifidobacterium spp., and anaerobic cocci (between 8 and 20% of isolates). Clostridia were only isolated in significant numbers from one individual. Scanning electron microscopy showed that most of the organisms were present below the top surface of the mucin layer overlying the mucosa. The use of several different preparative procedures for microscopy showed a complex microbial structure within the mucus, but major variations in the bacterial populations in different areas of the colon were not found. Spiral-shaped organisms up to 60 mum long in the form of double helices were found in two subjects by scanning electron microscopy but were not isolated during the parallel bacteriological investigation. The differences between this and previous studies are discussed in relation to experimental procedures and also in contrast to results with animals that showed a particularly specialized flora associated with the colon wall.

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Bacterial Populations Associated with Different Regions of the Human Colon Wall

Susan C. Croucher,† Annette P. Houston, Catherine E. Bayliss, and R. J. Turner
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The microorganisms associated with the undiseased human colon wall were examined in material obtained from four sudden-death victims. In traffic accident subjects (aged 45 and 16 years) the anaerobe-aerobe ratio was about 104:1 in all areas of the colon examined, whereas in acute heart failure subjects (aged 74 and 46 years) the ratio was as low as 1.2:1. The flora of each individual was distinct and complex. Although the predominant anaerobes isolated were Bacteroides and Fusobacterium spp., which composed over 50% of the flora in some samples, the species isolated (indicated by morphology and glucose fermentation products) varied between individuals. Other major types observed were gram-positive nonsporing rods, including Bifidobacterium spp., and anaerobic cocci (between 8 and 20% of isolates). Clostridia were only isolated in significant numbers from one individual. Scanning electron microscopy showed that most of the organisms were present below the top surface of the mucin layer overlying the mucosa. The use of several different preparative procedures for microscopy showed a complex microbial structure within the mucus, but major variations in the bacterial populations in different areas of the colon were not found. Spiral-shaped organisms up to 60 μm long in the form of double helices were found in two subjects by scanning electron microscopy but were not isolated during the parallel bacteriological investigation. The differences between this and previous studies are discussed in relation to experimental procedures and also in contrast to results with animals that showed a particularly specialized flora associated with the colon wall.

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