The Devil Is in the Microbial Genetic Details

Adrien Assié; Buck S Samuel

doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2019.06.003

The Devil Is in the Microbial Genetic Details

Mol Cell. 2019 Jun 20;74(6):1108-1109. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.06.003.

Authors

Adrien Assié¹, Buck S Samuel²

Affiliations

¹ Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
² Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: buck.samuel@bcm.edu.

PMID: 31226275
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.06.003

Abstract

The work of Zeevi et al. (2019) in a recent issue of Nature shows that variations in gene content and organization between different strains of the same microbial species are widespread in the human gut microbiota and could be linked to many measures of health.

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MeSH terms

Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Genetics, Microbial
Humans