Understanding the impact of antibiotic perturbation on the human microbiome

Understanding the impact of antibiotic perturbation on the human microbiome

Abstract The human gut microbiome is a dynamic collection of bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses that performs essential functions for immune development, pathogen colonization resistance, and food metabolism. Perturbation of the gut microbiome’s ecological balance, commonly by antibiotics, can ca...

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Main Authors: D. J. Schwartz, A. E. Langdon, G. Dantas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Genome Medicine
Subjects:
Gut microbiome
Resistome
Antibiotics
Perturbation
Resilience
Dynamics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13073-020-00782-x

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