The evolution of stomach acidity and its relevance to the human microbiome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Beasley, Deanna E ^a   Koltz, Amanda M ^b   Lambert, Joanna E ^c   Fierer, Noah ^c   Dunn, Rob R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIRD; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MAMMAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PHYLOGENY; PREY; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH FUNCTION; STOMACH PH; SYMBIONT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAXON; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; HERBIVORY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH; STOMACH ACID; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HERBIVORY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; STOMACH; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84941712097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134116     Document Type: Article

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