Biofilms in the large bowel suggest an apparent function of the human vermiform appendix

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 826-831

  Randal Bollinger, R ^a   Barbas, Andrew S ^a   Bush, Errol L ^a   Lin, Shu S ^a   Parker, William ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Commensal; Immunoglobulin A; Mucus; Safe house

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; PROTEIN;

APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CECUM; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INOCULATION; LARGE INTESTINE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APPENDIX; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, LARGE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 36248967105     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.032     Document Type: Article

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