Learning how gut bacteria influence health: Scientists crack sparse genome of microbe linked to autoimmunity
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 22:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have deciphered the genome of a bacterium implicated as a key player in regulating the immune system of mice. The genomic analysis provides the first glimpse of its unusually sparse genetic blueprint and offers hints about how it may activate a powerful immune response that protects mice from infection but also spurs harmful inflammation.