Running after ghosts: are dead bacteria the dark matter of the human gut microbiota?

The human gut microbiota has been explored by a wide range of culture-dependent and culture-independent methods, revealing that many microbes remain uncharacterized and uncultured. In this work, we aimed to confirm the hypothesis that some of the species present in the human gut microbiota remain un...

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Main Authors: Sara Bellali, Jean-Christophe Lagier, Matthieu Million, Hussein Anani, Gabriel Haddad, Rania Francis, Edmond Kuete Yimagou, Saber Khelaifia, Anthony Levasseur, Didier Raoult, Jacques Bou Khalil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Gut Microbes
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2021.1897208