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Fusicatenibacter Is Associated with Kefir Drinking
Abstract
Daily 16s rRNA-based microbiome sampling reveals that consumption of the fermented drink, kefir, is associated with a previously-unexplored genus Fusicatenibacter of the Firmicutes phylum within family Lachnospiraceae.
- organism: human
- assay: metagenomics
- research focus: ecology & biodiversity
- approach: experimental assay
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