Variable habitat conditions drive species covariation in the human microbiota
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Variable habitat conditions drive species covariation in the human microbiota
Two species with similar resource requirements respond in a characteristic way to variations in their habitat-their abundances rise and fall in concert. We use this idea to learn how bacterial populations in the microbiota respond to habitat conditions that vary from person-to-person across the human population. Our mathematical framework shows that habitat fluctuations are sufficient for expla...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Computational Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1553-7358
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005435