Microbiome: Fusobacterium persistence in colorectal cancer

Nature Reviews Microbiology 16, 2 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.164 Author: Ashley York Several studies have found that fusobacteria are enriched in human colorectal cancers. To investigate their role in human colorectal cancers, a recent study analysed the microbiome of patient colorectal tissue and metastatic tumours and observed that nearly identical Fusobacterium strains were present in the
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