The microbiome explored: Recent insights and future challenges

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-217

  Blaser, Martin ^a   Bork, Peer ^b   Fraser, Claire ^c   Knight, Rob ^d,e   Wang, Jun ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMENSAL; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECOSYSTEM; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH; HUMANS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84874111575     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2973     Document Type: Review

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