研究人员研发出了一种改进了的、用来分析在我们肠道中和平相处的细菌群落的技术,这使得他们能够对这些细菌群落随着时间的推移而呈现的稳定性有所了解。对于为了长期的健康干预而用这些多样的微生物作为标靶而言,定义人类肠道微生物群落的稳定性是至关重要的。然而,科学家们对有关这些微生物株在我们肠道中是多么难以撼动却知之甚少。 Researchers have developed an improved technique for analyzing bacterial communities that live in peace in our gut, allowing them to understand the stability of these bacterial communities over time. Defining the stability of human gut microbial communities is crucial for the long-term health interventions that use these diverse microbes as targets. However, scientists are poorly informed about how hard these strains of microorganisms shake in our gut.