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The functions of the gut microbiota

Learn what our gut microbiota does and how it is linked to our health.

In this video you will be introduced to the functions of the gut microbiota. Do you know that the microbes we have in our gastrointestinal tract are essential to complete the digestion of our foods, their metabolic activities are responsible for the production of important compounds that are affecting our health and that are involved in important immunological reactions? Well, look at the video and you will learn all the above!

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The Human Microbiome

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