Jian Xu, Jeffrey I. Gordon, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
This PNAS scholarly article explores the extraordinarily complex and dynamic environmentally transmitted consortial symbiosis of the human intestine. It analyzes the molecular foundations of beneficial symbiotic host-bacterial relationships in the gut and explains how interdisciplinary studies of the effects of the intestinal environment on genome structure and function could provide important new insights about how microbes and humans have coevolved mutually beneficial relationships, as well as introduces new perspectives about the foundations of human health. A subscription to PNAS may be required to access the full text of this article.
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
