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Affiliations

¹ a Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , University of Maryland School of Medicine, VA Maryland Health Care System , Baltimore , MD , USA.
² b Center on Drugs and Public Policy , University of Maryland School of Pharmacy , Baltimore , MD , USA.
³ c Institute for Genome Sciences , University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore , MD , USA.
⁴ d Center for Global Education Initiatives , University of Maryland , Baltimore , MD , USA.
⁵ e University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law , Baltimore , MD , USA.

Comment

Erik Christian von Rosenvinge et al. Gut Microbes. 2019.

. 2019;10(2):113-114.

doi: 10.1080/19490976.2018.1516980. Epub 2018 Oct 5.

¹ a Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , University of Maryland School of Medicine, VA Maryland Health Care System , Baltimore , MD , USA.
² b Center on Drugs and Public Policy , University of Maryland School of Pharmacy , Baltimore , MD , USA.
³ c Institute for Genome Sciences , University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore , MD , USA.
⁴ d Center for Global Education Initiatives , University of Maryland , Baltimore , MD , USA.
⁵ e University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law , Baltimore , MD , USA.

Abstract

This is a reply to the commentary of Ossorio and Zhou.

Keywords: definition; microbiota; regulation; transplant.

A proposed definition of microbiota transplantation for regulatory purposes.
Hoffmann DE, Palumbo FB, Ravel J, Rowthorn V, von Rosenvinge E. Hoffmann DE, et al. Gut Microbes. 2017 May 4;8(3):208-213. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2017.1293223. Epub 2017 Mar 20. Gut Microbes. 2017. PMID: 28318396 Free PMC article.
Regulating stool for microbiota transplantation.
Ossorio PN, Zhou Y. Ossorio PN, et al. Gut Microbes. 2019;10(2):105-108. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2018.1502537. Epub 2018 Sep 13. Gut Microbes. 2019. PMID: 30212271 Free PMC article.

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