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Microbial diversity measures the variety of species in the gut microbiota. Higher diversity indicates a healthy microbiota because it contains a diverse range of species, each performing a different beneficial function for the host.
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Ephi Lu
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Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. (2024). Microbial Diversity. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
https://dev.nutritional-psychology.org/encyclopedia/microbial-diversity/
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