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Nature Reviews Microbiology 5, 572-573 (August 2007) | doi:10.1038/nrmicro1720

Genome watchSay hello to our little friends

Alan Walker1

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Our intestines are home to a numerous and diverse community of microorganisms, collectively termed the gut microbiota. This month's Genome Watch covers two papers that have characterized some of these gut symbionts.

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  1. Alan Walker is at the Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
    Email: microbes@sanger.ac.uk

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