Functional comparison of the gut microbiome with other sequenced microbiomes

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Functional comparison of the gut microbiome with other sequenced microbiomes

a) The relative abundance of predicted genes, assigned to KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) categories for metabolism. b) Hierarchical clustering based on the relative abundance of KEGG pathways. Metabolic pathways found at a relative abundance of more than 0.6% (that is, assignments to a given pathway divided by assignments to all pathways) in at least two microbiomes were selected. These relative-abundance values were transformed into z-scores, which are a measure of relative enrichment (yellow) and depletion (blue).

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Simple Viral and Bacterial Genomes

How do genomes from E. coli and yeast help researchers? They shed light on the basic principles of genomics. The Human Microbiome Project sequences microbial genomes for this purpose.