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Diversity and enterotype in gut bacterial community of adults in Taiwan.
BMC genomics - 25 Jan 2017
Liang Chao, Tseng Han-Chi, Chen Hui-Mei, Wang Wei-Chi, Chiu Chih-Min, Chang Jen-Yun, Lu Kuan-Yi, Weng Shun-Long, Chang Tzu-Hao, Chang Chao-Hsiang, Weng Chen-Tsung, Wang Hwei-Ming, Huang Hsien-Da
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BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal microbiota, particularly gut microbiota, is associated with human health. The biodiversity of gut microbiota is affected by ethnicities and environmental factors such as dietary habits or medicine intake, and three enterotypes of the human gut microbiome were announced in 2011. These enterotypes are not significantly correlated with gender, age, or body weight but are influenced by...
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