Almost 2,000 unknown bacteria discovered in the human gut
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 09:40
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have used computational methods to identify nearly 2,000 uncultured gut bacterial species. Study authors call for more data from South America, Africa and Asia, in order to achieve a more comprehensive blueprint of the human gut. Access to thousands of new gut bacterial genomes allows researchers to characterize the gut microbiota more accurately.