Go With Your Gut: Understanding Microbiota and Prebiotics
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) image of gut microbiota
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Dahl, Wendy J., and Volker Mai. 2011. “Go With Your Gut: Understanding Microbiota and Prebiotics”. EDIS 2011 (7). https://ojs.test.flvc.org/edis/article/view/119321.

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Go With Your Gut: Understanding Microbiota and Prebiotics (FSHN1110/FS171)

All of us have friendly bacteria all over our bodies. A large population of bacteria lives in our gastrointestinal tract, residing mostly in the colon (large intestine). This is known as our gut microbiota. Learn more in this 2-page fact sheet written by Wendy J. Dahl and Volker Mai and published by the UF Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, June 2011.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs171

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