The authors and the journal wish to retract the 27 September 2012 article cited above. Based on information discovered after publication and reported to the journal in November 2013, this article was found to contain sections that were taken verbatim from other sources without giving proper reference to the source and without identifying the citation as a word-by-word citation from that source. The authors agree with retraction of the article and apologize to the readers, reviewers, and editors of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
. 2013 Dec 19;3:104. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00104
Retraction: Human gut microbiota: dysbiosis and manipulation
Frontiers in Microbiology Editorial Office*
Approved by: Martin G. Klotz, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
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*Correspondence: microbiology.editorial.office@frontiersin.org
This article was submitted to the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
Received 2013 Dec 6; Accepted 2013 Dec 6; Collection date 2013.
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PMCID: PMC3868015 PMID: 24392359
This retracts the article "Human Gut Microbiota: Dysbiosis and Manipulation" in volume 2, 123.