Role of the Microbiota in Immunity and inflammation
2014-3-27u2002·u2002Multicellular organisms exist as meta-organisms comprised of both the macroscopic host and its symbiotic commensal microbiota. With an estimated composition of 100 trillion cells, human symbionts outnumber host cells by at least a factor of 10 and express at least 10 fold more unique genes than their host's genome (Ley et al., 2006a).These complex communities of …
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