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| Title |
Caenorhabditis microbiota: worm guts get populated
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| Published in |
BMC Biology, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12915-016-0260-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura C. Clark, Jonathan Hodgkin |
| Abstract |
Until recently, almost nothing has been known about the natural microbiota of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Reporting their research in BMC Biology, Dirksen and colleagues describe the first sequencing effort to characterize the gut microbiota of environmentally isolated C. elegans and the related taxa Caenorhabditis briggsae and Caenorhabditis remanei In contrast to the monoxenic, microbiota-free cultures that are studied in hundreds of laboratories, it appears that natural populations of Caenorhabditis harbor distinct microbiotas. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 84 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 18 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 20 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 28 | 33% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 26% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 8 | 10% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 20 | 24% |