title: Response to Valeur et al. and Farmer et al.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.|Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Hwan
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ringel-Kulka
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.|Division of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center (RMC), Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: Yehuda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ringel
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005285:Fermentation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male