title: Ticking in Place for the Microbiome to Message Out.
abstract: In a recent issue of Cell, Thaiss et al. (2016) report that gut microbiota exhibit diurnal rhythmicity in biogeographical localization and metabolomics during the 24 hr light-dark cycle. This oscillation, together with the host circadian clock, co-regulates the colonic and hepatic epigenome and transcriptome.
authors.affiliation: Merck Research Laboratory Cambridge Exploratory Science Center, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: scott_bultman@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Scott J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bultman
mesh_terms: D057906:Circadian Clocks; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome; D064307:Microbiota; D059467:Transcriptome