Human Gut Microbe (IMAGE)

NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute

Human Gut Microbe

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The bacterium, Entercoccus faecalis, which lives in the human gut, is just one type of microbe that will be studied as part of NIH's Human Microbiome Project.

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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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