The microbiome as a human organ

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2012, Pages 2-4

  Baquero, F ^a   Nombela, C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human organ; Microbiome; Microbiomology; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL LINEAGE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDITORIAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIOME; MICROBIOMOLOGY; MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84861664211     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03916.x     Document Type: Article

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