Reviewer's report
Title:Ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel patients exhibit distinct abnormalities of
the gut microbiota
Version: 3Date:5 October 2010
Reviewer: S H Duncan
Reviewer's report:
The authors have attended to most of the key points raised in previous reports
however there are still a few typographical errors in the current version of the
manuscript. I would recommend acceptance of this version
Level of interest:. The paper does make some interesting points on the microbial
diversity of faecal samples from healthy versus colonic disease subjects and
suggests that further work needs to be done in this research area. Given that
DGGE was the method of choice to study these samples however it will not give
the resolution of certain other molecular methods which is a weakness of the
study but this is acknowledged in the manuscript.
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel patients exhibit distinct abnormalities of
the gut microbiota
Version: 3Date:5 October 2010
Reviewer: S H Duncan
Reviewer's report:
The authors have attended to most of the key points raised in previous reports
however there are still a few typographical errors in the current version of the
manuscript. I would recommend acceptance of this version
Level of interest:. The paper does make some interesting points on the microbial
diversity of faecal samples from healthy versus colonic disease subjects and
suggests that further work needs to be done in this research area. Given that
DGGE was the method of choice to study these samples however it will not give
the resolution of certain other molecular methods which is a weakness of the
study but this is acknowledged in the manuscript.
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel patients exhibit distinct abnormalities of
the gut microbiota
Version: 3Date:5 October 2010
Reviewer: S H Duncan
Reviewer's report:
The authors have attended to most of the key points raised in previous reports
however there are still a few typographical errors in the current version of the
manuscript. I would recommend acceptance of this version
Level of interest:. The paper does make some interesting points on the microbial
diversity of faecal samples from healthy versus colonic disease subjects and
suggests that further work needs to be done in this research area. Given that
DGGE was the method of choice to study these samples however it will not give
the resolution of certain other molecular methods which is a weakness of the
study but this is acknowledged in the manuscript.
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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