Andrew K. Benson

Comparative genomics of the lactic acid bacteria

Kira S. Makarova, Alexeï Slesarev, Yuri I. Wolf et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Genetics, Bacteriology, Small Genomes +17

Individuality in gut microbiota composition is a complex polygenic trait shaped by multiple environmental and host genetic factors

Andrew K. Benson, Scott A. Kelly, Ryan Legge et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Diet-Induced Metabolic Improvements in a Hamster Model of Hypercholesterolemia Are Strongly Linked to Alterations of the Gut Microbiota

Inés Martínez, Grant Wallace, Chaomei Zhang et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2009 · 370 citations · Full text

The Evolution of Host Specialization in the Vertebrate Gut Symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri

Steven A. Frese, Andrew K. Benson, Gerald W. Tannock et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2011 · 297 citations · Full text

Host Specialization, Dysbiosis, Bacteriology +20

Diversification of the gut symbiont <i>Lactobacillus reuteri</i> as a result of host-driven evolution

Phaik Lyn Oh, Andrew K. Benson, Daniel A. Peterson et al. · The ISME Journal · 2009 · 274 citations · Full text