cells Article A Distinct Faecal Microbiota and Metabolite Profile Linked to Bowel Habits in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Bani Ahluwalia 1,2,† , Cristina Iribarren 1,3,† , Maria K. Magnusson 1, Johanna Sundin 1, Egbert Clevers 3,4, Otto Savolainen 5, Alastair B. Ross 5,6, Hans Törnblom 3, Magnus Simrén 3,7 and Lena Öhman 1,* 1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +46-31-786-6214 † These authors equally contributed to this work. Magnusson, M.K.; Sundin, J.; Clevers, E.; Savolainen, O.; Ross, A.B.; Törnblom, H.; Simrén, M.; Öhman, L.