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It doesn't seem to bad - many of the ones that are very underrepresented are minor species. You need to rearrange that list starting at Bacteroides as your most abundant genus. Then you will see that many of the major components are not terribly different. Some are of course, some are more...

I haven't had a chance yet to read up on the topic of the thread, but will for now just make a few comments on the more general question of the influence of the gut microbiome on host metabolism and things like obesity and diabetes. There are many studies in humans showing various correlations...

Probably not though you don't say anything about the dominant genera in your gut. Is there a good range of known beneficial organisms? - eg Bacteroides, Faecalibacterium, Roseburia?

Here is a review of Lactobacillus in the human GIT. There appear to be very few lab species which colonise the gut - most originate from the mouth or fermented foods and are just passing through. Here is a detailed study of the fate of Lab strains from the probiotic VSL 3 in the gut. Once the...

I wouldn't worry about them at all. A lot of the individual variation in the gut seems to come from the large collection of very low level constituents, most of which are a complete mystery. It has been hypothesised that the minor phyla in the gut represent resilience; the minor constituents...