Drivers of Microbiome Biodiversity: A Review of General Rules, Feces, and Ignorance
The alpha diversity of ecologic communities is affected by many biotic and abiotic drivers and, in turn, affects ecosystem functioning. Yet, patterns of alpha diversity in host-associated microbial communities (microbiomes) are poorly studied and the appropriateness of general theory is untested.The...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-07-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01294-18 |