Kumar, Nitin


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Culturing of ‘unculturable’ human microbiota reveals novel taxa and extensive sporulation

Citation
Browne et al. (2016). Nature 533 (7604)
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Abstract
AbstractOur intestinal microbiota harbours a diverse bacterial community required for our health, sustenance and wellbeing1,2. Intestinal colonization begins at birth and climaxes with the acquisition of two dominant groups of strict anaerobic bacteria belonging to the Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes phyla2. Culture-independent, genomic approaches have transformed our understanding of the role of the human microbiome in health and many diseases1. However, owing to the prevailing perception that our