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  • 2469274219228051235137120322959365871746PublicAssets/3566A section of mouse colon with gut bacteria (center, in green) residing within a protective pocket. Understanding how microorganisms colonize the gut could help devise ways to correct for abnormal changes in bacterial communities that are associated with disorders like inflammatory bowel disease. More information about the research behind this image can be found in a <a href="http://biobeat.nigms.nih.gov/2013/09/how-some-bacteria-colonize-the-gut/" target=_blank>Biomedical Beat Blog</a> posting from September 2013.Sarkis K. Mazmanian, California Institute of TechnologyS. Melanie Lee, Caltech; Zbigniew Mikulski and Klaus Ley, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and ImmunologyIllustration

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    Mouse colon with gut bacteria

    A section of mouse colon with gut bacteria (center, in green) residing within a protective pocket. Understanding how microorganisms colonize the gut could help devise ways to correct for abnormal changes in bacterial communities that are associated with disorders like inflammatory bowel disease. More information about the research behind this image can be found in a Biomedical Beat Blog posting from September 2013.

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    Sarkis K. Mazmanian, California Institute of Technology

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    S. Melanie Lee, Caltech; Zbigniew Mikulski and Klaus Ley, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

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    3566

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