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Comparative analysis of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii genomes shows a high level of genome plasticity and warrants separation into new species-level taxa

BACKGROUND: Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is a ubiquitous member of the human gut microbiome, constituting up to 15% of the total bacteria in the human gut. Substantial evidence connects decreased levels of F. prausnitzii with the onset and progression of certain forms of inflammatory bowel disease,...

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Autores principales: Fitzgerald, Cormac Brian, Shkoporov, Andrey N., Sutton, Thomas D. S., Chaplin, Andrei V., Velayudhan, Vimalkumar, Ross, R. Paul, Hill, Colin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30547746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-5313-6