Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 613979, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/613979
Review Article

Conceptualizing Human Microbiota: From Multicelled Organ to Ecological Community

Betsy Foxman,1 Deborah Goldberg,2 Courtney Murdock,3 Chuanwu Xi,4 and Janet R. Gilsdorf1,5

1Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
3School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
4Department of Environment Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
5Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Received 4 February 2008; Accepted 19 July 2008

Academic Editor: Thomas M. Schmidt

Copyright © 2008 Betsy Foxman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Betsy Foxman, Deborah Goldberg, Courtney Murdock, Chuanwu Xi, and Janet R. Gilsdorf, “Conceptualizing Human Microbiota: From Multicelled Organ to Ecological Community,” Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, vol. 2008, Article ID 613979, 5 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/613979