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Nature 448, 542-544 (2 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448542a; Published online 1 August 2007
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Microbiology: The inside story
Laurie E. Comstock1
Abstract
The human intestine is home to trillions of bacteria. Investigation of the colonization of the infant gut by these microorganisms is a prelude to understanding how they may act in both health and disease.
At birth, babies emerge from a sterile environment into one that is laden with microbes. The infant's intestine then rapidly becomes home to one of the densest populations of bacteria on Earth.
- Laurie E. Comstock is in the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Email: lcomstock@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
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