title: Time in motion: the molecular clock meets the microbiome.
abstract: Thaiss et al. report that the intestinal microbiota undergoes diurnal oscillation, which is controlled by host feeding time. Disruption of the host circadian clock induces dysbiosis, which is associated with host metabolic disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Frederic D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Bushman
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: garret@upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Garret A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: FitzGerald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057906:Circadian Clocks; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D018149:Glucose Intolerance; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota