Human gut microbes associated with obesity

Ruth E. Ley, Peter J. Turnbaugh(Washington University in St. Louis), Samuel Klein(Washington University in St. Louis), Jeffrey I. Gordon(Washington University in St. Louis)

Nature

December 20, 2006

10.1038/4441022a

Cited by 8,732

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