A modular organization of the human intestinal mucosal microbiota and its association with inflammatory bowel disease.

Abnormalities of the intestinal microbiota are implicated in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), two spectra of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the high complexity and low inter-individual overlap of intestinal microbial composition are formidable ba...

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Main Authors: Maomeng Tong, Xiaoxiao Li, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Bennett Roth, Andrew Ippoliti, Bo Wei, James Borneman, Dermot P B McGovern, Daniel N Frank, Ellen Li, Steve Horvath, Rob Knight, Jonathan Braun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3834335?pdf=render