Eco-evolutionary feedbacks detected in the human gut microbiome
Benjamin H. Good et al. from Stanford University reported the evolution of the human gut microbiome and its impact on the community composition on Nature Communication recently. They stated that while the microbiome can evolve over time, the effects of short-term evolution on the overall composition of the microbiome are not well understood. In this study, they use a reference-based approach to identify genetic modifications within the microbiome and investigate how these modifications affect the community composition.