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(2016) Angela Glassing et al.   Gut Pathogens

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(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

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Similarity and differentiation between bacteria associated with skin of salamanders (Plethodon jordani) and free-living assemblages

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Variation in Preen Oil Composition Pertaining to Season, Sex, and Genotype in the Polymorphic White-Throated Sparrow

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Gut microbiota–generated metabolites in animal health and disease

(2014) Won-Jae Lee et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Longitudinal analysis of microbial interaction between humans and the indoor environment

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Identifying Gut Microbe-Host Phenotype Relationships Using Combinatorial Communities in Gnotobiotic Mice

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The microbiome of New World vultures

(2014) Michael Roggenbuck et al.   Nature Communications

Microbiota Modulate Behavioral and Physiological Abnormalities Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Diversity of the skin microbiota of fishes: evidence for host species specificity

(2013) Andrea Larsen et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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(2013) Keisha Findley et al.   NATURE

Symbiotic bacteria appear to mediate hyena social odors

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Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

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(2013) Eugenie Fredrich et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Mom Knows Best: The Universality of Maternal Microbial Transmission

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Associating microbiome composition with environmental covariates using generalized UniFrac distances

(2012) Jun Chen et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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A comparison of methods used to extract bacterial DNA from raw milk and raw milk cheese

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(2012) Harry J. Flint et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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Evaluation of Methods for the Extraction and Purification of DNA from the Human Microbiome

(2012) Sanqing Yuan et al.   PLoS One

Are Olfactory Cues Involved in Nest Recognition in Two Social Species of Estrildid Finches?

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Evidence for a bacterial mechanism for group-specific social odors among hyenas

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Bacterial Loads on Eggshells of the Pied Flycatcher: Environmental and Maternal Factors

(2011) R. Ruiz-de-Castañeda et al.   CONDOR

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(2011) Valerie J McKenzie et al.   ISME Journal

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(2011) Elizabeth A. Grice et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Unravelling the effects of the environment and host genotype on the gut microbiome

(2011) Aymé Spor et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

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Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve

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(2011) Heidi H. Kong   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

The Human Gut Microbiome: Ecology and Recent Evolutionary Changes

(2010) Jens Walter et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

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(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

Ironing out the wrinkles in the rare biosphere through improved OTU clustering

(2010) Susan M. Huse et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

One House Two Families: Petrel Squatters Get a Sniff of Low-Cost Breeding Opportunities

(2010) Francesco Bonadonna et al.   ETHOLOGY

Comparison of DNA extraction kits for PCR-DGGE analysis of human intestinal microbial communities from fecal specimens

(2010) Merlin W Ariefdjohan et al.   Nutrition Journal

Commensal bacteria play a role in mating preference of Drosophila melanogaster

(2010) G. Sharon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Humpback whales harbour a combination of specific and variable skin bacteria

(2010) Amy Apprill et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

(2009) P. D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence that plumage bacteria influence feather coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirdsSialia sialis

(2009) Alex R. Gunderson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Selective Antimicrobial Action Is Provided by Phenol-Soluble Modulins Derived from Staphylococcus epidermidis, a Normal Resident of the Skin

(2009) Anna L. Cogen et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

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(2009) E. A. Grice et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial Community Variation in Human Body Habitats Across Space and Time

(2009) E. K. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

Antifungal skin bacteria, embryonic survival, and communal nesting in four-toed salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum

(2008) Jenifer L. Banning et al.   OECOLOGIA