Comparative analysis of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii genomes shows a high level of genome plasticity and warrants separation into new species-level taxa

Comparative analysis of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii genomes shows a high level of genome plasticity and warrants separation into new species-level taxa

Abstract Background Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is a ubiquitous member of the human gut microbiome, constituting up to 15% of the total bacteria in the human gut. Substantial evidence connects decreased levels of F. prausnitzii with the onset and progression of certain forms of inflammatory bowel d...

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Main Authors: Cormac Brian Fitzgerald, Andrey N. Shkoporov, Thomas D. S. Sutton, Andrei V. Chaplin, Vimalkumar Velayudhan, R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Ruminococcaceae
Human gut microbiota
IBD
Genome shuffling
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-5313-6

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