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What do we mean when we refer to<i>Bacteroidetes</i>âpopulations in the human gastrointestinal microbiota?
31 Jul 2009
Abstract excerpt
Recent large-scale cloning studies have shown that the ratio of Bacteroidetes to Firmicutes may be important in the obesity-associated gut microbiota, but the species these phyla represent in this ecosystem has not been examined. The Bacteroidetes data from the recent Turnbaugh study were examined to determine those members of the phylum detected in human faecal samples. In addition, FISH analysis was performed...
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