Revised computational metagenomic processing uncovers hidden and biologically meaningful functional variation in the human microbiome
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Revised computational metagenomic processing uncovers hidden and biologically meaningful functional variation in the human microbiome
BACKGROUND Recent metagenomic analyses of the human gut microbiome identified striking variability in its taxonomic composition across individuals. Notably, however, these studies often reported marked functional uniformity, with relatively little variation in the microbiome's gene composition or in its overall metabolic capacity. RESULTS Here, we address this surprising discrepancy between t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiome
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2049-2618
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-017-0231-4