Gut microbes and health

Two major funding initiatives - the US Human Microbiome Project and the European Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract - are well under way, and with the contributions of individual pioneer research groups, we are beginning to understand what constitutes a healthy microbiota and how changes in...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2012-09, Vol.489 (7415), p.219-219
Main Authors: Lupp, Claudia, Skipper, Magdalena, Weiss, Ursula
Format: Article
Language:English
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Genomics
Health
Health aspects
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Intestines - immunology
Intestines - metabolism
Intestines - microbiology
introduction
Metabolic Diseases - metabolism
Metabolic Diseases - microbiology
Metabolic disorders
Metagenome
Microbiology
Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms)
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:Two major funding initiatives - the US Human Microbiome Project and the European Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract - are well under way, and with the contributions of individual pioneer research groups, we are beginning to understand what constitutes a healthy microbiota and how changes in its structure correlate with and affect health and disease.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/489219a