Differences in gut metabolites and microbial composition and functions between Egyptian and U.S. Children are consistent with their diets

mSystems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shankar, V ^a   Gouda, M ^b   Moncivaiz, J ^a   Gordon, A ^a   Reo, N V ^a   Hussein, L ^b   Paliy, O ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Metabolomics; Metagenomics; Microbiota; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022141819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23795077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00169-16     Document Type: Article

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