Human gut microbiome
The spatial heterogeneity and dispersion pattern of human microbiome along the intestinal tract
Human gut microflora plays critical roles in health and disease, but the exact distribution and maintaining mechanism of its diversity are poorly understood. This study will expand our understandings to human gut microbiome.
We applied multiplexed barcoded 16S ribosomal RNA gene pyrosequencing from seven sites along the intestinal tract in 11 health adults to improve our understanding of the gut’s biogeography.