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Restoration of the gut microbial habitat as a disease therapy

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An intestinal infectious disease that is difficult to treat is cured by a defined set of bacterial species.

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Figure 1: Development of therapeutic sets of bacteria.

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  1. David A. Relman is in the Departments of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, and at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.,

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