Life in a World without Microbes

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Gilbert, Jack A ^a,b,c,d   Neufeld, Josh D ^e  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIA; BIOENGINEERING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CROP PRODUCTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GNOTOBIOTICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LEUKOCYTE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNECHOCCOCUS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; LIFE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GERM-FREE LIFE; HUMANS; LIFE;

EID: 84924075622     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002020     Document Type: Article

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