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| Metagenomic analysis of the human distal gut microbiome |
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| Author(s): Gill SR, Pop M, DeBoy RT, Eckburg PB, Turnbaugh PJ, Samuel BS, Gordon JI, Relman DA, Fraser-Liggett CM, Nelson KE |
| Source: SCIENCE Volume: 312 Issue: 5778 Pages: 1355-1359 Published: JUN 2 2006 |
| Times Cited: 367 References: 29 |
| Abstract: The human intestinal microbiota is composed of 10(13) to 10(14) microorganisms whose collective genome ("microbiome'') contains at least 100 times as many genes as our own genome. We analyzed similar to 78 million base pairs of unique DNA sequence and 2062 polymerase chain reaction amplified 16S ribosomal DNA sequences obtained from the fecal DNAs of two healthy adults. Using metabolic function analyses of identified genes, we compared our human genome with the average content of previously sequenced microbial genomes. Our microbiome has significantly enriched metabolism of glycans, amino acids, and xenobiotics; methanogenesis; and 2-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway - mediated biosynthesis of vitamins and isoprenoids. Thus, humans are superorganisms whose metabolism represents an amalgamation of microbial and human attributes. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Gill, SR (reprint author), SUNY Buffalo, Dept Oral Biol, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA |
Addresses:
1. Inst Genom Res, Rockville, MD 20850 USA
2. Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
3. Stanford Univ, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
4. Vet Affairs Palo Alto Hlth Care Syst, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
5. Washington Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Genome Sci, St Louis, MO 63108 USA
6. George Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol & Pharmacol, Washington, DC 20037 USA
7. George Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Trop Dis, Washington, DC 20037 USA |
| Publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: 048QM |
| ISSN: 0036-8075 |
| DOI: 10.1126/science.1124234 |
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