Evolution of Symbiotic Bacteria in the Distal Human Intestine

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1574-1586

  Xu, Jian ^a   Mahowald, Michael A ^a   Ley, Ruth E ^a   Lozupone, Catherine A ^b   Hamady, Micah ^c   Martens, Eric C ^a   Henrissat, Bernard ^d,e   Coutinho, Pedro M ^d,e   Minx, Patrick ^a   Latreille, Philippe ^a   Cordum, Holland ^a   Van Brunt, Andrew ^a   Kim, Kyung ^a   Fulton, Robert S ^a   Fulton, Lucinda A ^a   Clifton, Sandra W ^a   Wilson, Richard K ^a   Knight, Robin D ^f   Gordon, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES DISTASONIS; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTEROIDES DISTASONIS; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES;

EID: 34447516925     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050156     Document Type: Article

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