The Gut Microbiome of Autistic Children in India
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a term associated with a group of neurodevelopmental disorders.To identify the taxonomic composition and markers associated with ASD, we compared the fecal microbiota of children with ASD to family-matched healthy children from the Indian population using next-generation sequencing (NGS). Our study showed prominent dysbiosis in the gut microbiome of ASD children, and an association of selected Lactobacillus species with the gut microbiome of ASD children. The study is published in 'Microbial Ecology' journal in 2018.