Playing by their own rules: the vertebrate archaeome

Sarah M Hird

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2021.12.002

Playing by their own rules: the vertebrate archaeome

Trends Microbiol. 2022 Feb;30(2):102-103. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.12.002. Epub 2021 Dec 20.

Author

Sarah M Hird¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. Electronic address: sarah.hird@uconn.edu.

PMID: 34949517
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.12.002

Abstract

In a recent paper, Youngblut et al. used comparative methods to study the archaeal component of the vertebrate microbiome. This study showed that the vertebrate archaeome contains abundant variation, differs from the vertebrate bacteriome and lays a foundation for future comparative studies.

MeSH terms

Animals
Archaea* / genetics
Microbiota*
Vertebrates