Christensenella minuta's presence in human body is most strongly affected by our genes (40% probability that people with genes predisposing to this microbe will have it).
› Bacteria
› Terrabacteria group
› Firmicutes
› Clostridia
› Clostridiales
› Christensenellaceae
› Christensenella
References
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Ndongo S, Khelaifia S, Fournier P-E, Raoult D. Christensenella massiliensis, a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut. New Microbes and New Infections. 2016;12:69-70. doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.04.014.
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