Geography, ethnicity or subsistence-specific variations in human microbiome composition and diversity

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages

  Gupta, Vinod K ^a,b   Paul, Sandip ^a   Dutta, Chitra ^a,b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c Surendranath Co operative Housing Society   (India)

Author keywords

Body habitats; Disease susceptibility; Host genetics; Hunter gatherers; Lifestyle; Non western people; Rural community; Urban life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHINESE; CLOSTRIDIALES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FORAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFESTYLE; MICROBIOME; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PREVALENCE; PREVOTELLA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RUMINOBACTER; RURAL POPULATION; SPIROCHETE; URBAN POPULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 85021240855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01162     Document Type: Review

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