Molecular commensalism—how to investigate underappreciated health-associated polymicrobial communities

ABSTRACT The study of human commensal bacteria began with the first observation of prokaryotes >340 years ago. Since then, the study of human-associated microbes has been justifiably biased toward the study of infectious pathogens. However, the role of commensal microbes has in recent years begun...

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Published in:	mBio
Main Authors:	Alex Labossiere, Matthew Ramsey, Justin Merritt, Jens Kreth
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2023-10-01
Subjects:	commensals oral microbiology biofilm microbiome polymicrobial health
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01342-23