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Culturing of 'unculturable' human microbiota reveals novel taxa and extensive sporulation.
Nature - 26 May 2016
Browne Hilary P, Forster Samuel C, Anonye Blessing O, Kumar Nitin, Neville B Anne, Stares Mark D, Goulding David, Lawley Trevor D
Abstract excerpt
Our intestinal microbiota harbours a diverse bacterial community required for our health, sustenance and wellbeing. Intestinal colonization begins at birth and climaxes with the acquisition of two dominant groups of strict anaerobic bacteria belonging to the Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes phyla. Culture-independent, genomic approaches have transformed our understanding of the role of the human microbiome in health...
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