Microbial nutrient niches in the gut

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1366-1378

  Pereira, Fátima C ^a   Berry, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS;

EID: 85016946769     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13659     Document Type: Review

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