Worlds within worlds: evolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota

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VertebrateGut floraEvolutionary biologyBiologyZoologyGeneticsImmunology

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Year: 2008
Type: review
Volume: 6
Issue: 10
Pages: 776-788
Citations: 1639
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                                    Ruth E. Ley, 
                                
                                    Catherine Lozupone, 
                                
                                    Micah Hamady
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Worlds within worlds: evolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota. 
                            Nature Reviews Microbiology
                            , 6
                            (10)
                            , 776-788.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1978
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1978