| Range |
>90 %
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| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Lurie-Weinberger MN, Peeri M, Gophna U. Contribution of lateral gene transfer to the gene repertoire of a gut-adapted methanogen. Genomics. 2012 Jan99(1):52-8. p.52 left column top paragraphPubMed ID22056789
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| Primary Source |
Eckburg PB et al., Diversity of the human intestinal microbial flora.Science. 2005 Jun 10 308(5728):1635-8. AND Gophna U et al., Differences between tissue-associated intestinal microfloras of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Nov44(11):4136-41PubMed ID15831718, 16988016
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| Comments |
The human gut microbiota is a niche dominated by bacterial species.
Two major phyla in particular, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes,
constitute over 90% of all phylogenetic types (primary sources) |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107456 |