Comparative genome analysis of Megasphaera sp. reveals niche specialization and its potential role in the human gut

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Shetty, Sudarshan Anand ^a   Marathe, Nachiket Prakash ^a   Lanjekar, Vikram ^b   Ranade, Dilip ^b   Shouche, Yogesh S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^b AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; VITAMIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEGASPHAERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEGASPHAERA; PHYLOGENY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84894133363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079353     Document Type: Article

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