A Microbiota Assimilation.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.10.010.
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Abstract
While the gut microbiota's malleability makes it highly responsive to our environment, it also renders it susceptible to rapid selection by factors associated with an industrialized lifestyle. Recently, in Cell, Vangay et al. (2018) have tracked and revealed rapid and profound changes in the gut community of immigrants to one that resembles long-term residents of the U.S.
Medical subject headings
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome
- Microbiota