title: Editorial overview: insights into molecular mechanisms of microbiota.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: emartens@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 259 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Justin L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sonnenburg
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5124, USA; Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Relman
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D064307:Microbiota; D013559:Symbiosis