Dysbiosis is not an answer

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Olesen, Scott Wilder; Alm, Eric J
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Abstract
Dysbiosis, an imbalance in the microbiota, has been a major organizing concept in microbiome science. Here, we discuss how the balance concept, a holdover from prescientific thought, is irrelevant to — and may even distract from — useful microbiome research.
Date issued
2016-11
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118383
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Journal
Nature Microbiology
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Citation
Olesen, Scott W., and Eric J. Alm. “Dysbiosis Is Not an Answer.” Nature Microbiology, vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 2016.
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2058-5276
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