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人体肠道微生物群的长期稳定性

Jeremiah J Faith1, Janaki L Guruge, Mark Charbonneau

  • 1Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 6, 2013
PubMed
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人体肠道微生物群,一个复杂的细菌群体,表现出显著的长期稳定性,大多数菌株持续数十年. 然而,这种稳定性对体重波动等生理变化有反应,突出了其诊断和治疗潜力.

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