Functional and genetic markers of niche partitioning among enigmatic members of the human oral microbiome

Abstract Introduction Microbial residents of the human oral cavity have long been a major focus of microbiology due to their influence on host health and intriguing patterns of site specificity amidst the lack of dispersal limitation. However, the determinants of niche partitioning in this habitat a...

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Main Authors: Alon Shaiber, Amy D. Willis, Tom O. Delmont, Simon Roux, Lin-Xing Chen, Abigail C. Schmid, Mahmoud Yousef, Andrea R. Watson, Karen Lolans, Özcan C. Esen, Sonny T. M. Lee, Nora Downey, Hilary G. Morrison, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Jessica L. Mark Welch, A. Murat Eren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Genome Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02195-w