Mapping the ecological networks of microbial communities

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Xiao, Yandong ^a,b   Angulo, Marco Tulio ^c,d   Friedman, Jonathan ^e   Waldor, Matthew K ^a,f   Weiss, Scott T ^a   Liu, Yang Yu ^a,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^d Unidad Durango   (Mexico)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; ALGORITHM; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85046935954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02090-2     Document Type: Article

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