Prokaryotic horizontal gene transfer within the human holobiont: Ecological-evolutionary inferences, implications and possibilities 06 Biological Sciences 0604 Genetics

Microbiome

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Sitaraman, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Co evolution; DNA transfer; Helicobacter pylori; HGT; Host microbe interaction; Lateral gene transfer; Microbial ecology; Microbiome; Natural selection; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; COEVOLUTION; DNA TRANSFER; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROKARYOTE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SYMBIONT; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROFLORA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85053499142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0551-z     Document Type: Review

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