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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: Chem. 2017 Mar 9;2(3):334–358. doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.02.001

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Transient, commensal, and pathogenic bacteria can reside both separately or in combination within a host. To date, (A) a majority of studies have inferred relationships based on metagenomic surveys of the microbes in or on a host, (B) but as further chemical information is learned a direct inference can be made about the host systems.