The effects of micronutrient deficiencies on bacterial species from the human gut microbiota

Matthew C. Hibberd; Meng Wu; Dmitry A. Rodionov; Xiaoqing Li; Jiye Cheng; Nicholas W. Griffin; Michael J. Barratt; Richard J. Giannone; Robert L. Hettich; Andrei L. Osterman; Jeffrey I. Gordon

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aal4069

Research ArticleGUT MICROBIOTA

The effects of micronutrient deficiencies on bacterial species from the human gut microbiota

Matthew C. Hibberd¹,²,
Meng Wu¹,
Dmitry A. Rodionov³,⁴,
Xiaoqing Li⁴,
Jiye Cheng¹,²,
Nicholas W. Griffin¹,²,
Michael J. Barratt¹,²,
Richard J. Giannone⁵,
Robert L. Hettich⁵,
Andrei L. Osterman⁴ and
Jeffrey I. Gordon¹,²,*

¹Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
²Center for Gut Microbiome and Nutrition Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
³A. A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 127994, Russia.
⁴Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
⁵Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: jgordon{at}wustl.edu

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Science Translational Medicine 17 May 2017:
Vol. 9, Issue 390, eaal4069
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal4069

Matthew C. Hibberd

Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.Center for Gut Microbiome and Nutrition Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

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Meng Wu

Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

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Dmitry A. Rodionov

A. A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 127994, Russia.Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

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Xiaoqing Li

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

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Jiye Cheng

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Richard J. Giannone

Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.

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Robert L. Hettich

Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.

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Andrei L. Osterman

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

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Jeffrey I. Gordon

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