Sentences with phrase «gut mycobiome»

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But far less is known about the role of the gut's fungal mix, or mycobiome.

The review centers on a first of its kind study in which researchers characterized the gut bacterial microbiota (bacteriome) and fungal community (mycobiome) in a number of families that had members with CD and healthy relatives.

Using molecular tools, he and his colleagues conducted a study, published in Science in 2012, which showed that a large population of fungal cells — called a mycobiome — lives in the gut and likely plays a role in IBD.

Where we came into the mix, with me having my background as a biotech attorney and my father is, again, the scientist who named the mycobiome, is that we found that everyone was talking about good bacteria and getting it into your gut, but what they were ignoring is that the microbiome of your gut, and all your microbiomes, don't just have bacteria, they have fungi as well.