Taxa-function robustness in microbial communities

Abstract Background The species composition of a microbial community is rarely fixed and often experiences fluctuations of varying degrees and at varying frequencies. These perturbations to a community’s taxonomic profile naturally also alter the community’s functional profile–the aggregate set of g...

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Main Authors: Alexander Eng, Elhanan Borenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0425-4