MMinte: An application for predicting metabolic interactions among the microbial species in a community

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mendes Soares, Helena ^a   Mundy, Michael ^a   Soares, Luis Mendes ^b   Chia, Nicholas ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Metabolic network reconstruction; Microbiome; Network; Predictive community modeling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METABOLISM; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); NUTRITION;

16S RDNA; COMMUNITY MODEL; METABOLIC CONDITIONS; METABOLIC INTERACTIONS; METABOLIC NETWORK RECONSTRUCTION; METABOLIC RELATIONSHIPS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOME;

ECOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; SOFTWARE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84985011824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12859-016-1230-3     Document Type: Article

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