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The microbial eukaryote Blastocystis is a prevalent and diverse member of the healthy human gut microbiota.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Oct 2014
Scanlan Pauline D, Stensvold Christen R, Rajilić-Stojanović Mirjana, Heilig Hans G H J, De Vos Willem M, O'Toole Paul W, Cotter Paul D
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To date, the majority of research into the human gut microbiota has focused on the bacterial fraction of the community. Inevitably, this has resulted in a poor understanding of the diversity and functionality of other intestinal microorganisms in the human gut. One such nonbacterial member is the microbial eukaryote Blastocystis, which has been implicated in the aetiology of a range of different intestinal and...
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