Age and gender affect the composition of fungal population of the human gastrointestinal tract

The fungal component of the human gut microbiota has been neglected for long time due to the low relative abundance of fungi with respect to bacteria, and only recently few reports have explored its composition and dynamics in health or disease. The application of metagenomics methods to the full un...

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Main Authors: Francesco Strati, Monica Di Paola, Irene Stefanini, Davide Albanese, Lisa Rizzetto, Paolo Lionetti, Antonio Calabrò, Olivier Jousson, Claudio Donati, Duccio Cavalieri, Carlotta De Filippo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01227/full