Large-scale genome-wide analysis links lactic acid bacteria from food with the gut microbiome
Here, Pasolli et al. perform a large-scale genome-wide comparative analysis of publicly available and newly sequenced food and human metagenomes to investigate the prevalence and diversity of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), indicating food as a major source of LAB species in the human gut.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16438-8 |