Microbiomes more in flux in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

“Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are more likely to see dramatic shifts in the make-up of the community of microbes in their gut than healthy people, according to the results of a new study.”

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Jonas Halfvarson, Colin J. Brislawn, Regina Lamendella, Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza, William A. Walters, Lisa M. Bramer, Mauro D’Amato, Ferdinando Bonfiglio, Daniel McDonald, Antonio Gonzalez, Erin E. McClure, Mitchell F. Dunklebarger, Rob Knight, Janet K. Jansson. Dynamics of the human gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease. Nature Microbiology, 2017; 2: 17004 DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.4