Functional Comparison of Bacteria from the Human Gut and Closely Related Non-Gut Bacteria Reveals the Importance of Conjugation and a Paucity of Motility and Chemotaxis Functions in the Gut Environment

The human GI tract is a complex and still poorly understood environment, inhabited by one of the densest microbial communities on earth. The gut microbiota is shaped by millennia of evolution to co-exist with the host in commensal or symbiotic relationships. Members of the gut microbiota perform spe...

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Autores principales: Dobrijevic, Dragana, Abraham, Anne-Laure, Jamet, Alexandre, Maguin, Emmanuelle, van de Guchte, Maarten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4945068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27416027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159030

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