Effect of <i>C. difficile</i> on Gut Microbiome (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Effect of <i>C. difficile</i> on Gut Microbiome

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The combination of antibiotics and C. difficile infection completely changed the microbiome -- or community of bacteria -- in the colon. The left column shows the DNA of many species of bacteria was present without antibiotics; the right three show how first antibiotics, and then C. difficile, changed the population.

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Young lab, University of MIchigan

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