Evolution of commensal bacteria in the intestinal tract of mice

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 114-121

  Sousa, Ana ^a,b   Frazão, Nelson ^a   Ramiro, Ricardo S ^a   Gordo, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLONAL VARIATION; COMMENSAL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID DIET; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUGAR INTAKE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85020043148     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.05.007     Document Type: Review

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