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American Society for Microbiology, mSystems, 2(3), 2018
DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00187-17
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Can Diet Influence Our Health by Altering Intestinal Microbiota-Derived Fecal Metabolites?
Journal article published in 2018 by
Qiang Lyu,
Cheng-Chih Hsu 
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Abstract
The human gastrointestinal tract harbors a diverse, highly mutualistic microbial flora which could produce a myriad of specialized metabolites. These specialized metabolites are the chemical cellphones that gut microflora use to communicate with their human host and could potentially be used to cure diseases.