Mobile genes in the human microbiome are structured from global to individual scales

Mobile genes, which can be transferred between bacterial species in the microbiome to impart properties such as antibiotic resistance, are reflective of human activity and local diets. Recent work has underscored the importance of the microbiome in human health, and has largely attributed difference...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 535; no. 7612; pp. 435 - 439
Main Authors:	Brito, I. L., Yilmaz, S., Huang, K., Xu, L., Jupiter, S. D., Jenkins, A. P., Naisilisili, W., Tamminen, M., Smillie, C. S., Wortman, J. R., Birren, B. W., Xavier, R. J., Blainey, P. C., Singh, A. K., Gevers, D., Alm, E. J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.07.2016 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	45 631/114/2785 631/326/2565/2134 631/326/2565/2142 631/326/325/1506 Antibiotics Bacteria Bacteriophages - genetics Cohort Studies Diet DNA Transposable Elements - genetics Drug resistance Fiji Gene Pool Gene Transfer, Horizontal - genetics Gene-Environment Interaction Genes Genetic research Genetic Variation - genetics Genomes Genomics Human population genetics Human population structure Human populations Humanities and Social Sciences Humans letter Metagenomics Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms) Microbiota - genetics multidisciplinary Multivariate analysis North America Plasmids - genetics Population structure Recombination, Genetic - genetics Science Selection, Genetic - genetics Single-Cell Analysis Studies Transposons North America Fiji
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687
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