Increased prevalence of Methanosphaera stadtmanae in inflammatory bowel diseases.

The gut microbiota is associated with the modulation of mucosal immunity and the etiology of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Previous studies focused on the impact of bacterial species on IBD but seldom suspected archaea, which can be a major constituent of intestinal microbiota, to be implicated...

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Main Authors: Pascale Blais Lecours, David Marsolais, Yvon Cormier, Marie Berberi, Chantal Haché, Raymond Bourdages, Caroline Duchaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3912014?pdf=render