The groundwork for analysing the human microbiome — sequencing the collective genome of all our resident microorganisms — is now done. This work is of significance for understanding both human health and disease.
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Zhao, L. The tale of our other genome. Nature 465, 879–880 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/465879a
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