Friday, June 24, 2011

tidbits from the metagenome

tidbits from June'11 issue of Microbe

- "metagenomic analysis suggests fourth domain within tree of life"

- gut microbiome contains 3.3 million genes!! Humans have ~20-30K so as the article points out human genes account for less that 1% of the gene types that are active in the body.

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