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Phylotyping and Functional Analysis of Two Ancient Human Microbiomes
(PLos One, 2008-11-11)
BackgroundThe Human Microbiome Project (HMP) is one of the U.S. National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research. Primary interests of the HMP include the distinctiveness of different gut microbiomes, the factors ...
Insights from Characterizing Extinct Human Gut Microbiomes
(PLos One, 2012-12-12)
In an effort to better understand the ancestral state of the human distal gut microbiome, we examine feces retrieved from archaeological contexts (coprolites). To accomplish this, we pyrosequenced the 16S rDNA V3 region ...