Dysbiosis is not an answer
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.
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| author | Olesen, Scott Wilder Alm, Eric J |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1183832022-09-26T16:10:07Z Dysbiosis is not an answer Olesen, Scott Wilder Alm, Eric J Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering Alm, Eric J Olesen, Scott Wilder Alm, Eric J 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. 2018-10-09T14:05:05Z 2018-10-09T14:05:05Z 2016-11 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2058-5276 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118383 Olesen, Scott W., and Eric J. Alm. “Dysbiosis Is Not an Answer.” Nature Microbiology, vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 2016. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-4945 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364 en_US https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.228 Nature Microbiology Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group Prof. Alm via Howard Silver |
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| title | Dysbiosis is not an answer |
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