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What is the gut microbiome?

The community of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microbes living in the digestive tract, and why researchers study it.

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Overview

The gut microbiota is the community of microorganisms — mostly bacteria, but also archaea, fungi, and viruses — that live in the human digestive tract. The gut microbiome usually refers to those organisms together with their genes and the environment they live in.

Why it matters for treatment research

Studies in the Evidence Map (3)

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    Benefit Sample Randomized controlled trial, n = 120

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    Benefit Sample Cohort study, n = 500

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    Mixed Sample Randomized controlled trial, n = 80

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References

  1. NIH Human Microbiome Project Program overview and reference data.