Profiling Living Bacteria Informs Preparation of Fecal Microbiota Transplantations

Nathaniel D. Chu; Mark B. Smith; Allison R. Perrotta; Zain Kassam; Eric J. Alm

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170922

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Profiling Living Bacteria Informs Preparation of Fecal Microbiota Transplantations

Nathaniel D. Chu,

Affiliations Microbiology Graduate Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mark B. Smith,

Affiliations Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, OpenBiome, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Allison R. Perrotta,

Affiliations Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Zain Kassam,

Affiliations Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, OpenBiome, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Eric J. Alm

* E-mail: ejalm@mit.edu

Affiliations Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, OpenBiome, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Profiling Living Bacteria Informs Preparation of Fecal Microbiota Transplantations

Nathaniel D. Chu,
Mark B. Smith,
Allison R. Perrotta,
Zain Kassam,
Eric J. Alm

Published: January 26, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170922

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