The founder hypothesis: A basis for microbiota resistance, diversity in taxa carriage, and colonization resistance against pathogens

Yael Litvak; Andreas J. Bäumler

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007563

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The founder hypothesis: A basis for microbiota resistance, diversity in taxa carriage, and colonization resistance against pathogens

Yael Litvak,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0183-2816

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Andreas J. Bäumler

* E-mail: ajbaumler@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9152-7809

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The founder hypothesis: A basis for microbiota resistance, diversity in taxa carriage, and colonization resistance against pathogens

Yael Litvak,
Andreas J. Bäumler

Published: February 21, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007563

About the Authors

Yael Litvak

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0183-2816

Andreas J. Bäumler

* E-mail: ajbaumler@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9152-7809

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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