What immunologists should know about bacterial communities of the human bowel

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-105

  Tannock, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bowel; Gut; Microbial ecology; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERM-FREE LIFE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES;

EID: 34249342336     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2006.09.001     Document Type: Review

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