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Evolution of symbiotic bacteria in the distal human intestine.
PLoS biology - 1 Jul 2007
Xu Jian, Mahowald Michael A, Ley Ruth E, Lozupone Catherine A, Hamady Micah, Martens Eric C, Henrissat Bernard, Coutinho Pedro M, Minx Patrick, Latreille Philippe, Cordum Holland, Van Brunt Andrew, Kim Kyung, Fulton Robert S, Fulton Lucinda A, Clifton Sandra W, Wilson Richard K, Knight Robin D, Gordon Jeffrey I
Abstract excerpt
The adult human intestine contains trillions of bacteria, representing hundreds of species and thousands of subspecies. Little is known about the selective pressures that have shaped and are shaping this community's component species, which are dominated by members of the Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes divisions. To examine how the intestinal environment affects microbial genome evolution, we have sequenced the...
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