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The Effect of Antibiotics on the Gut Microbiome

The Effect of Antibiotics on the Gut Microbiome

Antibiotic treatment alters the composition and magnitude of got microbiota species. Overall, antibiotics reduce species’ diversity and include the loss of key functional taxa, resulting in shifts in metabolism, increasing the susceptibility of the gut to colonization, and the stimulation of bacterial antibiotic resistance. The therapeutic or prophylaxis-use antimicrobial drugs …

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