Microbiomes: Unifying animal and plant systems through the lens of community ecology theory

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Christian, Natalie ^a   Whitaker, Briana K ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community ecology; Functional similarity; Fungal endophyte; Microbiome; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; BIOLOGY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO CULTURE; MICROBIOME; PIPELINE; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCIENTIST; SPECIES; SYMBIONT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84949682457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00869     Document Type: Review

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