Browsing by Subject "Microbial ecology"
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Ecological Controls on Prochlorococcus sp. Diversity, Composition, and Activity at High Taxonomic Resolution
(2016)Although there are many examples of microbial biogeography, few microbes have been studied at high taxonomic resolution over large spatial scales. As a result, the environmental and ecological processes that drive niche ... -
Inter-Species Microbial Sharing in Rural Madagascar: A Study of Environmental Influences on the Skin Microbiome
(2016)The skin is home to trillions of microbes, many of which are recently implicated in immune system regulation and various health conditions (33). The skin is continuously exposed to the outside environment, inviting microbial ... -
Predicting Colonization of Microbes in the Human Gut
(2018)The human gut is home to trillions of microbes that interact intimately with the host and its diet. An important emergent phenotype by these microbes is colonization resistance, the process by which a microbial community ...
