Wednesday, April 27, 2022

A refined microbiome 'fingerprint' method tracks sub-strain variants of a single gut microbe strain

A previously developed a microbiome 'fingerprint' method that identifies single strains of particular gut bacteria through analysis of metagenomics data from fecal samples, has been refined to include looking for single-nucleotide variants in the KEGG metabolic pathways of a particular strain. This magnified analysis shows a short-term difference in sub-strain dynamics of two Bacteroides species between healthy individuals and hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/v1eQzEI

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