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Distinct distal gut microbiome diversity and composition in healthy children from Bangladesh and the United States.

Lin A, Bik EM, Costello EK, Dethlefsen L, Haque R, Relman DA, Singh U. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (1): e53838

Our current understanding of the composition and stability of the human distal gut microbiota is based largely on studies of infants and adults living in developed countries. In contrast, little is known about the gut microbiota and its variation over time in older children and adolescents, especially in developing countries.

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