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Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 256–257 (1 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrmicro1880
Symbiosis: Who does what in the microbiome?
Abstract
Recent studies have shown that the complement of gut bacteria varies among individuals, but specific data linking the bacteria present to their functions in human physiology have been lacking. In a recent report, Min Li and colleagues describe a multidisciplinary approach to link the functions of the trillions of microbial gut bacteria — the human microbiome — to host metabolic phenotypes.
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