Microbial ecology along the gastrointestinal tract

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 300-313

  Hillman, Ethan T ^a   Lu, Hang ^a   Yao, Tianming ^a   Nakatsu, Cindy H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Diet; Human gastrointestinal (GI) tract; Microbiome; Mycobiome; Virome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FOOD; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; RAT; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; FOOD; FUNGI; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; SWINE; VIRUSES;

EID: 85040097483     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME17017     Document Type: Short Survey

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