Host–microbiota interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans and their significance

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 142-147

  Shapira, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MODEL; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIONT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MODELS, ANIMAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85020709242     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.05.012     Document Type: Review

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