Viruses are the unknown studied members of the gut microbiome. A new metagenomic analysis in healthy adults reveals that fecal viruses show a high stability, individual specificity, and correlation with the bacterial microbiome for 1 year.
A new review characterizes intra- and inter-individual factors that modulate a healthy gut microbiota composition
7 Feb 2019by Paul Enck
Nowadays, scientists still lack a definition of what a healthy microbiome is. This review updates current scientific evidence regarding the factors involved in explaining gut microbiota composition variation in the same individual and between individuals in health and disease.