Stool consistency as a major confounding factor affecting microbiota composition: An ignored variable?

Gut

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-2

  Gilbert, Jack A ^a,b,c,d   Alverdy, John ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINOCOCCACEAE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STOOL CONSISTENCY; VIRULENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS;

EID: 84955657737     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-310043     Document Type: Note

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