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The word "microbiome" is cropping up everywhere in the media these days. Did you know that this word is often used incorrectly? From a technical point of view, the word that should be used is "microbiota". What is the difference between microbiome and microbiota? The video introduces key facts about the world of the microbiome.
Selected references:
-Oldest fossils:
Dodd, MS, Papineau, D, Grenne, T et al. (5 more authors) (2017) Evidence for early life in Earth’s oldest hydrothermal vent precipitates. Nature, 543 (7643). pp. 60-64. ISSN 0028-0836. doi.org/10.103...
-Number of bacterial cells of microbiota & genes of the human microbiome:
--Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo R (2016) Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body. PLoS Biol 14(8): e1002533. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002533
--Gilbert, J., Blaser, M., Caporaso, J. et al. Current understanding of the human microbiome. Nat Med 24, 392-400 (2018). doi.org/10.103...
-DNA sequencing of the microbiome:
Turnbaugh, P., Ley, R., Hamady, M. et al. The Human Microbiome Project. Nature 449, 804-810 (2007). doi.org/10.103...
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