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. 2013 Sep;121(9):A276-81.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.121-a276.

The environment within: exploring the role of the gut microbiome in health and disease

Lindsey Konkel

The environment within: exploring the role of the gut microbiome in health and disease

Lindsey Konkel. Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Sep.
No abstract available

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False-color scanning electron micrograph shows the surface of the colon mucosa with pink clusters of rod-shaped bacteria, possibly Escherichia coli, attached. The genomes of the bacteria and viruses of the human gut alone are thought to encode 3.3 million genes, which could supplement the human genome in determining how the body functions. © P.M. Motta & F. Carpino/Sapienza University of Rome/Science Source
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