The Landscape Ecology and Microbiota of the Human Nose, Mouth, and Throat

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 421-432

  Proctor, Diana M ^a   Relman, David A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; dental plaque; gradient; landscape ecology; microbiome; microbiota; nares; spatial ecology; subgingival; supragingival

Indexed keywords

COMMENSAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOUTH; PHARYNX;

ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; MOUTH; NOSE; PHARYNX;

EID: 85017364601     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.03.011     Document Type: Review

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