Prokaryotic horizontal gene transfer within the human holobiont: ecological-evolutionary inferences, implications and possibilities
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiome
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2049-2618
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0551-z