Coarse graining the human gut microbiome

Christian Diener; Sean M Gibbons

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2023.06.001

Coarse graining the human gut microbiome

Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Jul 12;31(7):1076-1078. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.06.001.

Authors

Christian Diener¹, Sean M Gibbons²

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Electronic address: cdiener@isbscience.org.
² Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; eScience Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: sgibbons@isbscience.org.

PMID: 37442093
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.06.001

Abstract

The composition of the human gut microbiome is heterogeneous across people. However, if you squint, co-abundant microbial genera emerge, accounting for much of this ecological variability. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Frioux et al. provide a workflow for identifying these bacterial guilds, or "enterosignatures."

MeSH terms

Bacteria / genetics
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Humans
Microbiota*
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
RNA, Bacterial