Gut microbiota diversity across ethnicities in the United States

PLoS Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Brooks, Andrew W ^a,b   Priya, Sambhawa ^c   Blekhman, Ran ^c   Bordenstein, Seth R ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIUM; CAUCASIAN; CHRISTENSENELLACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAXON; UNITED STATES; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85058899582     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2006842     Document Type: Article

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