First Insights into the Diverse Human Archaeome: Specific Detection of Archaea in the Gastrointestinal Tract, Lung, and Nose and on Skin

Human-associated archaea remain understudied in the field of microbiome research, although in particular methanogenic archaea were found to be regular commensals of the human gut, where they represent keystone species in metabolic processes. Knowledge on the abundance and diversity of human-associat...

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Main Authors: Kaisa Koskinen, Manuela R. Pausan, Alexandra K. Perras, Michael Beck, Corinna Bang, Maximilian Mora, Anke Schilhabel, Ruth Schmitz, Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Christa M. Schleper, Janet K. Jansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-11-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/6/e00824-17