From next-generation sequencing to systematic modeling of the gut microbiome

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Ji, Boyang ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gut microbiome; Metabolic modeling; Next generation sequencing; Personalized medicine; Species interactome; Systematic modeling

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOME; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC MODELING;

EID: 84940100441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00219     Document Type: Review

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