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Review
. 2015 Jun 11;11(6):e1004833.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004833. eCollection 2015 Jun.

Archaea in and on the Human Body: Health Implications and Future Directions

Mor N Lurie-Weinberger  1 , Uri Gophna  1
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Review

Archaea in and on the Human Body: Health Implications and Future Directions

Mor N Lurie-Weinberger et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. The distribution of human-associated archaea in the phylogenetic tree of the domain Archaea.
Tree is based on [63], and [64]. Highlighted are groups that contain human-associated members.
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