Restoring gut microbes missing in early life dysbiosis can reduce risk of colitis in mice

(University of Chicago Medical Center) A new study at the University of Chicago has determined that restoring a single microbial species -- Bacteroides sp. CL1-UC (Bc) -- to the gut microbiome at a key developmental timepoint can prevent antibiotic-induced colitis in a mouse model of the condition.
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