Research Reveals That 1/4th Of People Have Up to 40% Less Gut Bacteria Genes

Trillions of bacteria are living in the everyone's intestines. They weigh around 1.5 kg on a scale. As they are difficult or impossible to grow in laboratories, a major part of these 'blind passengers' were unknown. But over the past five years, an EU-funded research team, MetaHIT, coordinated by Professor S. Dusko Ehrlich at the INRA Research Centre of Jouy-en-Josas, France and with experts from Europe and China have used advanced DNA analysis and bioinformatics methods to ...

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