Prokaryotic and eukaryotic diversity of the human gut.

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The human intestinal tract is one of the most densely populated ecosystems studied to date. Recently, the gut microbiota have been implicated as an environmental factor in health and disease; however, as with all ecosystems, a significant proportion of these microbiota are as yet uncultured. Hence culture-independent molecular-based methods have been applied and have started to provide insights into the microbes...

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