The human gut microbiome: Are we our enterotypes?

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 550-553

  Siezen, Roland J ^a,b,c   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a,d  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Microbial Bioinformatics   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOME; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIOME; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84860390123     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00290.x     Document Type: Note

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