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The gut microbiota and the liver. Pathophysiological and clinical implications
23 Nov 2012
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The term microbiota is used to describe the complete population of microorganisms that populate a certain location, such as the gut, and is preferred to the term flora as the former incorporates not just bacteria but also archaea, viruses, and other microorganisms, such as protozoa. Though the potential role of the microbiota (through such concepts as “the putrefactive principle associated with faeces” and...
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