The evolution of host specialization in the vertebrate gut symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri.

Recent research has provided mechanistic insight into the important contributions of the gut microbiota to vertebrate biology, but questions remain about the evolutionary processes that have shaped this symbiosis. In the present study, we showed in experiments with gnotobiotic mice that the evolutio...

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Main Authors: Steven A Frese, Andrew K Benson, Gerald W Tannock, Diane M Loach, Jaehyoung Kim, Min Zhang, Phaik Lyn Oh, Nicholas C K Heng, Prabhu B Patil, Nathalie Juge, Donald A Mackenzie, Bruce M Pearson, Alla Lapidus, Eileen Dalin, Hope Tice, Eugene Goltsman, Miriam Land, Loren Hauser, Natalia Ivanova, Nikos C Kyrpides, Jens Walter
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3b4c4017bcf347d99a4538cad73f5968
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