Gut microbiota composition associated with stool consistency

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Comment

E F Tigchelaar et al. Gut. 2016 Mar.

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doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-310328. Epub 2015 Aug 14.

¹ Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: CONSTIPATION; DIARRHOEA; INTESTINAL BACTERIA.

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