The Colon (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

The Colon

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The researchers sampled the right (ascending) and left (descending) colon and the rectum.The composition of hydrogen-utilizing microbes varied among the sample sites and each subject possessed a unique microbial community profile.

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Rex Gaskins and Diana Yates

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