Figure 2.

The longitudinal dynamics of the human gut microbial communities have certain patterns

For short-term intervention, it has been demonstrated that dietary intervention is the main driver of the rapid change in the gut microbial community. For mid-term intervention, it has been demonstrated that the dietary intervention could become stable after a month. For long-term intervention, even the enterotype might be changed after one year. The dynamic patterns are based on human gut microbial community samples. And the community profile of each sample is based on the combination of species with different relative abundances.