Microbial ecology: human gut microbes associated with obesity. Ley RE, Turnbaugh P, Klein S and Gordon JI. Nature. 444:1022-1023. (2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/4441022a
An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest. Turnbaugh PJ, Ley RE, Mahowald M, Magrini V, Mardis ER and Gordon JI. Nature. 444:1027-1031. (2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05414
Reciprocal gut microbiota transplants from zebrafish and mice to germ-free recipients reveal host habitat selection. Rawls JF, Mahowald MM, Ley RE and Gordon JI. Cell. 127:423-433. (2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2006.08.043
The human intestinal microbiota and its relationship to energy balance. Bäckhed FR, Ley RE, Sonnenburg JL and Gordon JI. Scandinavian Journal of Food and Nutrition. 50:121-123. (2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v50i0.1586
Unexpected diversity and complexity of the Guerrero Negro hypersaline microbial mat. Ley RE, Harris JK, Wilcox J, Spear JR, Miller SR, Bebout BM, Maresca JA, Bryant DA, Sogin M and Pace NR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:3685-3695. (2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.72.5.3685-3695.2006
Ecological and evolutionary forces shaping microbial diversity in the human intestine. Ley RE, Peterson DA and Gordon JI. Cell. 124:837-848. (2006). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2006.02.017
Extending our view of self: the Human Gut Microbiome Initiative (HGMI). Gordon JI, Ley RE, Wilson R, Mardis E, Xu J, Fraser CM and Relman DA. NHGRI White paper (prioritized). (2006).