title: Gut microbiota: metagenomics to study complex ecology.
abstract: The microbial community of the gastrointestinal tract is large and complex, making it difficult to study; the recent development of techniques for metagenomic analysis of gut microbiota should be a boon to the field.
authors.affiliation: The University of British Columbia, Michael Smith Laboratories, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vacharaksa
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Finlay
mesh_terms: D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D056186:Metagenomics; D013559:Symbiosis