Dyeing to learn more about the gut microbiota

Mohamed S Donia; Michael A Fischbach

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2013.01.011

Dyeing to learn more about the gut microbiota

Cell Host Microbe. 2013 Feb 13;13(2):119-20. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.01.011.

Authors

Mohamed S Donia¹, Michael A Fischbach

Affiliation

¹ Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.

Abstract

The switch from culture-based enumeration to deep sequencing has enabled microbial community composition to be profiled en masse. In a new article, Maurice et al. (2013) report the use of fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to perform a high-throughput analysis of gut microbiota community function.

Publication types

Comment
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Abstract

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