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. 2010 Sep;74(3):453–476. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00014-10

TABLE 2.

Ecological concepts shared between human (or model system)-associated communities and environmental communities

Concept Community or environmental factor (references)
Human-associated/mouse model Environmental/other
Temporal stability Gut (247, 379) Aquatic communities (41, 49, 160)
Oral communities (214, 260, 269) Soil (114)
Chickens (168)
Leeches (164)
Resistance/resilience—structural Diet (65, 132, 179, 191, 206) Soil with antibiotics (64, 173, 355, 378)
Antibiotics (15, 68) Soil with minerals/fertilizers (113, 114, 129)
Aquatic communities in dissolved organic carbon/matter (57, 73, 158)
Aquatic communities in nutrient runoff (i.e., nitrogen and phosphorus) (95, 127, 347)
Livestock growth-promoting antibiotics (74, 84, 87, 168)
Livestock growth-promoting antibiotic alternatives (135, 235)
Resistance/resilience—functional Aquatic microcosm (217)
Microbial mat (370)
Soil (114, 278)
Methanogenic reactor (90, 91)
Invasion Potential pathogens/known pathogens (180, 346) Aquatic microcosm (217)
Probiotics (16, 58, 178, 249, 271, 336, 359, 373) Insect guts (71, 274)
Biocontrol—alfafa protected against oomycete diseases (123, 305)
Biocontrol—tomatoes protected against foot and root rot (159)
Plant growth-promoting bacteria (19, 122)
Growth-promoting probiotics (231)
Probiotics for infection prevention (5, 299, 360, 376)