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SUBMITTER: Lugli GA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6920958 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lugli Gabriele Andrea GA Duranti Sabrina S Milani Christian C Mancabelli Leonardo L Turroni Francesca F Sinderen Douwe van DV Ventura Marco M
Microorganisms 20191106 11
Bifidobacteria are among the most prevalent gut commensals in mammals, playing crucial functional roles that start from their early colonization of the infant gastrointestinal tract and last throughout the life span of their host. Metagenomic approaches have been employed to unveil the genetic features of bifidobacteria in order to understand how they participate in the correct development of a healthy microbiome. Nevertheless, their low relative abundance in many environmental samples may repre ...[more]