How stable is the human gut microbiota? And why this question matters

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2779-2783

  Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84987602227     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13473     Document Type: Article

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