Boolean analysis reveals systematic interactions among low-abundance species in the human gut microbiome

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Claussen, Jens Christian ^a   Skiecevičienė, Jurgita ^b,c   Wang, Jun ^c   Rausch, Philipp ^c,d   Karlsen, Tom H ^e,f   Lieb, Wolfgang ^c   Baines, John F ^c,d   Franke, Andre ^b   Hütt, Marc Thorsten ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; BOOLEAN OPERATIONS; CO-OCCURRENCE PATTERN; COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; DATA ANALYSIS-METHODS; HUMAN DISEASE; HUMAN GUTS; HUMAN HEALTH; MICROBIOME; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION;

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACTERIAL LOAD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 85021709459     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005361     Document Type: Article

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