TY - JOUR AU - Meehan, Conor J. AU - Beiko, Robert G. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/01 TI - Lateral gene transfer of an ABC transporter complex between major constituents of the human gut microbiome JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 248 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Several links have been established between the human gut microbiome and conditions such as obesity and inflammatory bowel syndrome. This highlights the importance of understanding what properties of the gut microbiome can affect the health of the human host. Studies have been undertaken to determine the species composition of this microbiome and infer functional profiles associated with such host properties. However, lateral gene transfer (LGT) between community members may result in misleading taxonomic attributions for the recipient organisms, thus making species-function links difficult to establish. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-248 DO - 10.1186/1471-2180-12-248 ID - Meehan2012 ER -