Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3229-3236

  McFall Ngai, Margaret ^a   Hadfield, Michael G ^b   Bosch, Thomas C G ^c   Carey, Hannah V ^d   Domazet Lošo, Tomislav ^e   Douglas, Angela E ^f   Dubilier, Nicole ^g   Eberl, Gerard ^h   Fukami, Tadashi ⁱ   Gilbert, Scott F ^j   Hentschel, Ute ^k   King, Nicole ^l   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^m,n   Knoll, Andrew H ^o   Kremer, Natacha ^a   Mazmanian, Sarkis K ^p   Metcalf, Jessica L ^q   Nealson, Kenneth ^r   Pierce, Naomi E ^o   Rawls, John F ^s   Reid, Ann ^t   Ruby, Edward G ^a   Rumpho, Mary ^u   Sanders, Jon G ^o   Tautz, Diethard ^v   Wernegreen, Jennifer J ^w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^o HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t American Academy of Microbiology   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^v MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^w DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bacteria driven development; Bacterial roles animal origins; Microbiome and host physiology; Nested ecosystems; Reciprocal effects animal bacterial genomics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BACTERIAL INTERACTION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOGENESIS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84874479799     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218525110     Document Type: Review

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