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Immaturity in the gut microbial community

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Undernourished children fall behind not only on growth, but also on maturation of their intestinal bacterial communities, according to a study comparing acutely malnourished and healthy Bangladeshi children. See Letter p.417

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  1. Elizabeth K. Costello and David A. Relman are in the Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5124, USA, and at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.,

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Costello, E., Relman, D. Immaturity in the gut microbial community. Nature 510, 344–345 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13347

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