Gut Microbes Shaped by What We Eat (IMAGE)

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Gut Microbes Shaped by What We Eat

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The image background is a scanning electron micrograph of a germ-free mouse intestine. This image relates to an article that appeared in the May 19, 2011, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Jeremiah Faith at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., and colleagues, was titled, "Predicting a Human Gut Microbiota's Response to Diet in Gnotobiotic Mice."

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Image courtesy of J. Faith, L. Kyro and J. Gordon

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