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SUBMITTER: Smits SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5891123 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smits Samuel A SA Leach Jeff J Sonnenburg Erica D ED Gonzalez Carlos G CG Lichtman Joshua S JS Reid Gregor G Knight Rob R Manjurano Alphaxard A Changalucha John J Elias Joshua E JE Dominguez-Bello Maria Gloria MG Sonnenburg Justin L JL
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20170801 6353
Although humans have cospeciated with their gut-resident microbes, it is difficult to infer features of our ancestral microbiome. Here, we examine the microbiome profile of 350 stool samples collected longitudinally for more than a year from the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania. The data reveal annual cyclic reconfiguration of the microbiome, in which some taxa become undetectable only to reappear in a subsequent season. Comparison of the Hadza data set with data collected from 18 populations ...[more]