[(Title)] How Some Pesky Bacteria In Your Gut May Be Messing Up Your Weight Loss Diet.

Scientists are increasingly peering into the world of the microbiome—i.e., the amalgam of microorganisms such as bacteria that make up the human body—in an effort to understand what role these little snippets of life play in how effective drugs are for different people and even why certain diseases progress the way they do.

科学家们正在越来越多地探索微生物世界——微生物混合体，比如组成人体的细菌等微生物的混合体——努力了解这些生命的小片段对不同人群吃什么药物有效，或某些疾病的变化有什么作用。

And a new piece of research suggests that your gut bacteria may even be a buzzsaw for your weight loss diet.

一项新的研究表明，你的肠道细菌可能成为你减肥食谱的热门话题。

The (admittedly small) study from researchers at the renowned Mayo Clinic involved collecting fecal samples from overweight and obese patients undergoing lifestyle interventions to shed pounds.

来自着名的梅奥诊所的研究人员进行的一项（不可否认的小规模）研究收集了超重和肥胖患者的粪便样本，这些患者试图通过某些方式减肥。

In science speak, here's what they found:  "A gut microbiota with increased capability for carbohydrate metabolism appears to be associated with decreased weight loss in overweight and obese patients undergoing a lifestyle intervention program."

在科学的语言表述，他们发现了“能使碳水化合物代谢能力增强的肠道微生物群似乎与正在减肥的超重和肥胖患者的体重减少有关。”

In plainer terms, the scientists found a link between the prevalence of certain kinds of bacteria and the chances of success that various patients had in achieving their 5% weight loss goals—Phascolarctobacterium had a positive association while Dialister did not.

从更简单的话来说，科学家们发现某些细菌的数量与患者实现5％的减肥目标之间存在联系——考拉杆菌属具有正相关性，而小类杆菌属则没有。

And the research team hypothesized that there are probably all sorts of other associations between various bacteria and the ability to lose weight.

研究团队推测，各种细菌和减肥能力之间可能存在着各种各样的其他联系。

The field of microbiome research is still in its earliest stages. But a creeping drip of evidence suggests it might be more important to our fundamental biology, and medicine itself, than previously thought.

微生物组研究仍处于早期阶段。但一系列证据表明，对于我们的基础生物学和医学而言，这可能比以前认为的更为重要。

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