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SUBMITTER: Jones RB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862835 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Roshonda B RB Fodor Anthony A AA Peery Anne F AF Tsilimigras Matthew C B MCB Winglee Kathryn K McCoy Amber A Sioda Michael M Sandler Robert S RS Keku Temitope O TO
Scientific reports 20180321 1
Colonic diverticula are protrusions of the mucosa through weak areas of the colonic musculature. The etiology of diverticulosis is poorly understood, but could be related to gut bacteria. Using mucosal biopsies from the sigmoid colon of 226 subjects with and 309 subjects without diverticula during first-time screening colonoscopy, we assessed whether individuals with incidental colonic diverticulosis have alternations in the adherent bacterial communities in the sigmoid colon. We found little ev ...[more]