Population gut metagenomics
The new research by Tanya Yatsunenko and colleagues examining gut microbiomes in different human populations is just incredibly cool work [1]. I don't have time to write much about it this morning, but...
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Chimpanzee microbiome variation is like ours
A new paper by Andrew Moeller and colleagues surveys the variation in species composition of gut microbiomes in the chimpanzees from Gombe, Tanzania [1]. They found that chimpanzees have a very similar...
View ArticleTracing teeth troubles with fossil bacteria
Ed Yong has a great account today of some research from Alan Cooper's lab on the oral microbiome in pre-agricultural and post-agricultural Europeans: "Prehistoric Plaque and the Gentrification of...
View ArticleCoprolite microbial ecology
The advent of metagenomic analysis of microbial communities has led to some unexpected insights about human biology. These techniques have quietly been leading to new discoveries from old...
View ArticleClose contact skin microbiome smashup
Roller derby scientist Kate Clancy reviews a paper about skin microbiome migration among roller derby teams during matches: "Roller Derby Teammates Give Each Other Bacterial Hugs".The authors found...
View ArticleTaking a blender to the skin
A new paper by Alban Mathieu and colleagues looked at the functional pathways represented by the metagenomes of microbial communities living on the skin of two humans [1]. The study of skin microbiomes...
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