Human microbiome: a genetic bazaar for microbes?

Morgan G I Langille; Conor J Meehan; Robert G Beiko

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.023

Human microbiome: a genetic bazaar for microbes?

Curr Biol. 2012 Jan 10;22(1):R20-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.023.

Authors

Morgan G I Langille¹, Conor J Meehan, Robert G Beiko

Affiliation

¹ Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4R2.

PMID: 22240474
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.023

Abstract

A recent study suggests that lateral gene transfer has been particularly intense among human-associated microbes. What can this tell us about our relationship with our internal microbial world?

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

DNA Transposable Elements
Gene Transfer, Horizontal*
Humans
Metagenome*

Substances

DNA Transposable Elements