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Comment
. 2013 Jul 30;14(7):127.
doi: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-7-127.

Microbiota's 'little helpers': bacteriophages and antibiotic-associated responses in the gut microbiome

Christine L Sun, David A Relman
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Microbiota's 'little helpers': bacteriophages and antibiotic-associated responses in the gut microbiome

Christine L Sun et al. Genome Biol. .

Abstract

Antibiotics alter the abundance and types of bacteriophage-associated genes in the mouse gut, suggesting that phage help bacterial communities during times of stress.

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