Cartoon of Gut Microbe Strains (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Cartoon of Gut Microbe Strains

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Gut microbiomes from different people can contain similar microbial species, but different strains, as this cartoon illustrates.

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Dana C. Thomas/University of Washington

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