Disentangling metabolic functions of bacteria in the honey bee gut.
It is presently unclear how much individual community members contribute to the overall metabolic output of a gut microbiota. To address this question, we used the honey bee, which harbors a relatively simple and remarkably conserved gut microbiota with striking parallels to the mammalian system and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5726620?pdf=render |