title: Response to Comment on Sofi et al. pH of Drinking Water Influences the Composition of Gut Microbiome and Type 1 Diabetes Incidence. Diabetes 2014;63:632-644.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: M Hanief
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sofi
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Radhika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gudi
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL.
authors.forename: Kyle J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC vasu@musc.edu rlorenz@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Robin G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC vasu@musc.edu rlorenz@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Chenthamarakshan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vasu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water