mSphere (Oct 2021)

<i>In Situ</i> Live Imaging of Gut Microbiota

  • Zhi Zhang,
  • Duo Xu,
  • Jianyang Fang,
  • Dai Wang,
  • Jie Zeng,
  • Xiaodong Liu,
  • Shouqiang Hong,
  • Yunxin Xue,
  • Xianzhong Zhang,
  • Xilin Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00545-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5

Abstract

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Gut microbiota dysbiosis correlates with many diseases, but such correlations derive mostly from relationships between one or a few bacteria and a particular disease. Since microbiota resemble complex forest ecosystems more closely than individual patches of trees, the overall landscape (spatial and temporal distribution) of gut bacteria may also affect/reflect disease development.