Different Substrate Preferences Help Closely Related Bacteria To Coexist in the Gut

ABSTRACT Many factors shape the ability of different microbes to coexist in microbial communities. In the human gut, dietary and host-derived nutrients largely drive microbial community structure. How gut microbes with very similar nutrient profiles are able to coexist over time within the same host...

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Main Author: Petra Louis
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/27f1251ffa244c128860ba9bfcb3f7bc
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