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Table 1 Overview of metagenomic studies of the human intestinal microbiota

From: Intestinal microbiota in human health and disease: the impact of probiotics

Nationality of individuals

Number of individuals

Sequencing technology

Total length of sequences obtained (Gb)

References

American

2

Sanger

0.2

Gill et al. (2006)

Japanese

13

Sanger

0.727

Kurokawa et al. (2007)

American

18

454 FLX Titanium

2.14

Turnbaugh et al. (2009)

European (Danish or Spanish)

124

Solexa (Illumina)

576.7

MetaHIT Qin et al. (2010)

European

20

Sanger

2.6

Genescope

French

49

SoliD

200

INRA