Unexplored Archaeal Diversity in the Great Ape Gut Microbiome

ABSTRACT Archaea are habitual residents of the human gut flora but are detected at substantially lower frequencies than bacteria. Previous studies have indicated that each human harbors very few archaeal species. However, the low diversity of human-associated archaea that has been detected could be...

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Main Authors: Kasie Raymann, Andrew H. Moeller, Andrew L. Goodman, Howard Ochman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-02-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00026-17