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| Title |
The impact of horizontal gene transfer on the adaptive ability of the human oral microbiome
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00124 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Adam P. Roberts, Jens Kreth |
| Abstract |
The oral microbiome is composed of a multitude of different species of bacteria, each capable of occupying one or more of the many different niches found within the human oral cavity. This community exhibits many types of complex interactions which enable it to colonize and rapidly respond to changes in the environment in which they live. One of these interactions is the transfer, or acquisition, of DNA within this environment, either from co-resident bacterial species or from exogenous sources. Horizontal gene transfer in the oral cavity gives some of the resident bacteria the opportunity to sample a truly enormous metagenome affording them considerable adaptive potential which may be key to survival in such a varying environment. In this review the underlying mechanisms of HGT are discussed in relation to the oral microbiome with numerous examples described where the direct acquisition of exogenous DNA has contributed to the fitness of the bacterial host within the human oral cavity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 227 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 217 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 62 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 12% |
| Researcher | 16 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 37 | 16% |
| Unknown | 43 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 75 | 33% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 34 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 11% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 19 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 7% |
| Unknown | 50 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 October 2016.
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#14,680,831
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#2,945
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#124,890
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#13
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