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Our intestines are home to a numerous and diverse community of microorganisms, collectively termed the gut microbiota. This month's Genome Watch covers two papers that have characterized some of these gut symbionts.

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  1. Alan Walker is at the Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK. microbes@sanger.ac.uk,
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Walker, A. Say hello to our little friends.Nat Rev Microbiol 5, 572–573 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1720

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