Gut microbiota profile in healthy Indonesians

BACKGROUND: ., area-based research is required. Indonesia has numerous different tribes and each of these tribes have different lifestyles. Hence, it is expected that each tribe has a specific gut microbiota. A deeper insight into the composition of gut microbiota can be used to determine the condition of gut microbiota in Indonesians and to consider which treatment may be suitable and effective to improve health status. AIM: To investigate the gut microbiota of Indonesian subjects represented by Javanese and Balinese tribes by analyzing fecal samples. METHODS: was performed using the Yakult intestinal flora-scan (YIF-SCAN). RESULTS: count, which was almost 10 times that of Yogyakarta subjects. This may be a response to different lifestyles in the different tribes; however, this phenomenon requires further extensive study. CONCLUSION: in Yogyakarta subjects was lower than that in Balinese subjects.