The Human Microbiome Project

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Authors

Peter J. Turnbaugh

Ruth E. Ley · Washington University in St. Louis

Micah Hamady · University of Colorado Boulder

Claire M. Fraser · University of Maryland, Baltimore

Rob Knight · University of Colorado Boulder

Jeffrey I. Gordon · Washington University in St. Louis

Abstract

A strategy to understand the microbial components of the human genetic and metabolic landscape and how they contribute to normal physiology and predisposition to disease.

Topics & Keywords

Gut microbiota and health Diet and metabolism studies Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 449, Issue 7164, pp. 804-810

DOI: 10.1038/nature06244

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