Research on the gut microbial communities harboured in the human gut is progressing rapidly owing to the availability of novel and reliable tools for analysis. Dysfunction of the gut microbiota affects human biological fitness at multiple levels, and understanding of these effects needs to be improved to benefit human health.
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Guarner, F. The gut microbiota era marches on. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 11, 647–649 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2014.156
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