Go With Your Gut: Understanding Microbiota and Prebiotics
Vol. 2011 No. 7, Historical Fact Sheets
Vol. 2011 No. 7

Go With Your Gut: Understanding Microbiota and Prebiotics: FSHN11-10/FS171, 6/2011

Historical Fact Sheets
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fs171-2011
Published 2011-07-31
Wendy J. Dahl
University of Florida
Volker Mai
University of Florida
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: FSHN11-10 FS171, 6 2011”. EDIS 2011 (7). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fs171-2011.
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Abstract

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.

FSHN11-10/FS171: Go with Your Gut: Understanding Microbiota and Prebiotics (ufl.edu)

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fs171-2011
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Dahl, W.J., K.E. Hagen, and T.A. Tompkins. 2009. Human microbiota and the role of probiotics. AgroFood Industry Hi-tech 20: 34-36.

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