Identification of the Bacterial Biosynthetic Gene Clusters of the Oral Microbiome Illuminates the Unexplored Social Language of Bacteria during Health and Disease
The healthy oral microbiome is symbiotic with the human host, importantly providing colonization resistance against potential pathogens. Dental caries and periodontitis are two of the world’s most common and costly chronic infectious diseases and are caused by a localized dysbiosis of the oral micro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019-04-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00321-19 |