The gut microbiota of toll-like receptor 2-deficient mice exhibits lineage-specific modifications

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Albert, Eric J ^a   Sommerfeld, Katrin ^a   Gophna, Sharon ^a,c   Marshall, Jean S ^a   Gophna, Uri ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Department of Education ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78649690892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2008.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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