First Insights into the Diverse Human Archaeome: Specific Detection of Archaea in the Gastrointestinal Tract, Lung, and Nose and on Skin
Human-associated archaea remain understudied in the field of microbiome research, although in particular methanogenic archaea were found to be regular commensals of the human gut, where they represent keystone species in metabolic processes. Knowledge on the abundance and diversity of human-associat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-11-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/6/e00824-17 |