Composition and diverse differences of intestinal microbiota in ulcerative colitis patients

Abstract

The richness and diversity of the intestinal microbiota differed significantly among the three groups. Richness describes the state of being rich in number of intestinal bacteria, whereas diversity is the number of different species of intestinal bacteria. Different bacterial taxa could be used as biomarkers, expanding our understanding of the relationship between the intestinal microbiota microenvironment and UC in the future.