Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Background: Gastrointestinal microbiota may play a vital role in pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Firmicutes phyla and Bifidobacterium phyla represents the major components of the microbiota in gastrointestinal tract. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the ratio of phyla Firmicutes and Bifidobacterium in patients with type 2 DM compared to apparently healthy control subjects by real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Method: The study was a retrograde case control study that included 100 patients with type 2 DM and 100 control subjects. Firmicutes phyla and Bifidobacterium phyla were determined in the stool samples by real-time PCR.