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Faecal matters

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The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract contains a highly diverse and dynamic community of commensal microorganisms that consists of both permanent residents and seemingly transient visitors. This month's column looks at four gut-related microbial sequencing projects.

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  1. Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK

    Alan Walker, Ana Cerdeño-Tárraga & Stephen Bentley

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Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus

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Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salivarius UCC118

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Walker, A., Cerdeño-Tárraga, A. & Bentley, S. Faecal matters. Nat Rev Microbiol 4, 572–573 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1483

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