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Universality of human microbial dynamics

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  • Amir Bashan

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

  • Travis E. Gibson

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

  • Jonathan Friedman

    (Physics of Living Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Vincent J. Carey

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

  • Scott T. Weiss

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

  • Elizabeth L. Hohmann

    (Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School)

  • Yang-Yu Liu

    (Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

Abstract

A new computational method to characterize the dynamics of human-associated microbial communities is applied to data from two large-scale metagenomic studies, and suggests that gut and mouth microbiomes of healthy individuals are subjected to universal (that is, host-independent) dynamics, whereas skin microbiomes are shaped by the host environment; the method paves the way to designing general microbiome-based therapies.

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  • Amir Bashan & Travis E. Gibson & Jonathan Friedman & Vincent J. Carey & Scott T. Weiss & Elizabeth L. Hohmann & Yang-Yu Liu, 2016. "Universality of human microbial dynamics," Nature, Nature, vol. 534(7606), pages 259-262, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:534:y:2016:i:7606:d:10.1038_nature18301
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18301
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