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J. Stephen Bircher
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J. Stephen Bircher is an academic researcher. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 2690 citations.
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Evolution of mammals and their gut microbes
Ruth E. Ley,Micah Hamady,Catherine A. Lozupone,Catherine A. Lozupone,Peter J. Turnbaugh,Rob Roy Ramey,J. Stephen Bircher,Michael L. Schlegel,Tammy A. Tucker,Mark D. Schrenzel,Rob Knight,Jeffrey I. Gordon +11 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that host diet and phylogeny both influence bacterial diversity, which increases from carnivory to omnivory to herbivory; that bacterial communities codiversified with their hosts; and that the gut microbiota of humans living a modern life-style is typical of omnivorous primates.