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Western guts have lower bacterial diversity

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ABC Science

Publication Date
2015-04-17

Our western lifestyle, hygiene and diet may reduce the diversity of important gut bacteria, a new study shows. Scientists analysed the faecal bacteria of people living in the United States and rural Papua New Guinea, and found that Papua New Guineans had a greater number of different gut bacterial species.

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http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/04/17/4217695.htm?topic=enviro