Meet the extended Segatella copri complex

Ye Peng; Hein M Tun

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2023.10.009

Meet the extended Segatella copri complex

Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Nov 8;31(11):1766-1769. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.10.009.

Authors

Ye Peng¹, Hein M Tun²

Affiliations

¹ Microbiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong, China; Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; System Microbiology and Antimicrobial Resistance (SMART) Lab, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Microbiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong, China; Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; System Microbiology and Antimicrobial Resistance (SMART) Lab, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: heintun@cuhk.edu.hk.

PMID: 37944487
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.10.009

Abstract

The Segatella copri complex contains key members of the human gut microbiome, but their genetic diversity and associations with health are incompletely understood. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Blanco-Míguez et al. expand the S. copri complex to 13 species and reveal species-specific associations with lifestyle and health.

MeSH terms

Gastrointestinal Microbiome* / genetics
Humans
Microbiota*
Prevotella / genetics