Opinion: Conservation and stewardship of the human microbiome

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

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 14312-14313

  O'Doherty, Kieran C ^a   Neufeld, Josh D ^b   Brinkman, Fiona S L ^c   Gardner, Humphrey ^d   Guttman, David S ^e   Beiko, Robert G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907710644     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413200111     Document Type: Note

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