Comprehensive analysis of chromosomal mobile genetic elements in the gut microbiome reveals phylum-level niche-adaptive gene pools

Comprehensive analysis of chromosomal mobile genetic elements in the gut microbiome reveals phylum-level niche-adaptive gene pools

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) drive extensive horizontal transfer in the gut microbiome. This transfer could benefit human health by conferring new metabolic capabilities to commensal microbes, or it could threaten human health by spreading antibiotic resistance genes to pathogens. Despite their bi...

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Main Authors: Jiang, Xiaofang (Author), Hall, Andrew Brantley (Author), Xavier, Ramnik J. (Author), Alm, Eric J. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-04-01T13:16:35Z.
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