Tracking Strains in the Microbiome: Insights from Metagenomics and Models

Transmission usually refers to the movement of pathogenic organisms. Yet, commensal microbes that inhabit the human body also move between individuals and environments. Surprisingly little is known about the transmission of these endogenous microbes, despite increasing realizations of their importan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brito, Ilana Lauren, Alm, Eric J
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics
Format: Article
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114226
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364