An expanded reference map of the human gut microbiome reveals hundreds of previously unknown species

Here, Leviatan et al. produce 241,118 genome assemblies to produce a new human gut microbiome reference set of 3,594 species genomes, of which 310 represent previously undescribed species, making the catalog a valuable resource for further research.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sigal Leviatan, Saar Shoer, Daphna Rothschild, Maria Gorodetski, Eran Segal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31502-1