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This month's Genome Watch describes two recent studies that used metagenomic data to characterize the role of the human gut microbiota in disease.
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Zarowiecki, M. Metagenomics with guts. Nat Rev Microbiol 10, 674 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2879
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