Bacterial Population Trends (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Bacterial Population Trends

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School of Medicine researchers found that differing ratios of three major classes of bacteria -- Bacilli, Gammaproteobacteria and Clostridia -- colonized the guts of premature infants in sequence.

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Washington University

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