Census of Microbes in Healthy Humans Reported (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Census of Microbes in Healthy Humans Reported

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The bacterium Enterococcus faecalis, which lives in the human gut, is just one type of microbe that was studied as part of the Human Microbiome Project funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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US Department of Agriculture

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