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Assembly of the Caenorhabditis elegans gut microbiota from diverse soil microbial environments.
The ISME journal - 1 Aug 2016
Berg Maureen, Stenuit Ben, Ho Joshua, Wang Andrew, Parke Caitlin, Knight Matthew, Alvarez-Cohen Lisa, Shapira Michael
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It is now well accepted that the gut microbiota contributes to our health. However, what determines the microbiota composition is still unclear. Whereas it might be expected that the intestinal niche would be dominant in shaping the microbiota, studies in vertebrates have repeatedly demonstrated dominant effects of external factors such as host diet and environmental microbial diversity. Hypothesizing that...
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