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Genomic variation landscape of the human gut microbiome

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  • Siegfried Schloissnig

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Manimozhiyan Arumugam

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Shinichi Sunagawa

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Makedonka Mitreva

    (The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Julien Tap

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Ana Zhu

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Alison Waller

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Daniel R. Mende

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Jens Roat Kultima

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • John Martin

    (The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Karthik Kota

    (The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Shamil R. Sunyaev

    (Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School)

  • George M. Weinstock

    (The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Peer Bork

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
    Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine)

Abstract

Whereas large-scale efforts have rapidly advanced the understanding and practical impact of human genomic variation, the practical impact of variation is largely unexplored in the human microbiome. We therefore developed a framework for metagenomic variation analysis and applied it to 252 faecal metagenomes of 207 individuals from Europe and North America. Using 7.4 billion reads aligned to 101 reference species, we detected 10.3 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 107,991 short insertions/deletions, and 1,051 structural variants. The average ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous polymorphism rates of 0.11 was more variable between gut microbial species than across human hosts. Subjects sampled at varying time intervals exhibited individuality and temporal stability of SNP variation patterns, despite considerable composition changes of their gut microbiota. This indicates that individual-specific strains are not easily replaced and that an individual might have a unique metagenomic genotype, which may be exploitable for personalized diet or drug intake.

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  • Siegfried Schloissnig & Manimozhiyan Arumugam & Shinichi Sunagawa & Makedonka Mitreva & Julien Tap & Ana Zhu & Alison Waller & Daniel R. Mende & Jens Roat Kultima & John Martin & Karthik Kota & Shamil, 2013. "Genomic variation landscape of the human gut microbiome," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7430), pages 45-50, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7430:d:10.1038_nature11711
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11711
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