FUNCTIONAL ISLANDS. “This conservation suggests a high degree of redundancy in the gut microbiome and supports an ecological view of each individual as an ‘island’ inhabited by unique collections of microbial phylotypes: as in actual islands, different species assemblages converge on shared core functions provided by distinctive components.” (Turnbaugh et al.)
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022