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Mapping bacterial neighborhoods in the gut
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Mapping bacterial neighborhoods in the gut

by Lori Dajose, California Institute of Technology Bacteroides fragilis (red) and the epithelial surface (blue) of a mouse colon. Most bacteria are found in the center of the gut lumen, but some reside deep within colonic crypts—little cave-like inclusions within the lining of the gut. Credit: Gregory Donaldson The microscopic populations of bacteria in our...