Sentences with phrase «microbe communities associated»

Dangl intends to greatly expand his efforts to understand which plant genes are involved in setting up microbe communities associated with roots.

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But their study of 45 cystic fibrosis patients showed that when the respiratory tract contains a more diverse community of microbes, the patient is less likely to harbor Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a key pathogen associated with later stages of cystic fibrosis.

These tools will enable new, experimental approaches for studying animal - associated microbial communities as ecosystems of interacting colonized hosts, and colonizing microbes.

There is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence fitness of their plant and animal hosts, ultimately forming a metaorganism consisting of a uni - or multicellular host and a community of associated microorganisms.