The human gut microbiome is a complex and diverse microbial ecosystem that plays a vital role in human health. Recent advances in technology have enabled scientists to begin to understand the microbial features that are causative of health and disease. In a new study, researchers have used a novel approach to identify microbial features that are causative of health and disease in the gut microbiome. The team used metagenomic data to infer causative microbial features in the human gut microbiome. By analyzing the abundance of microbial taxa, genes, and pathways in the microbiome, they identified microbial features that were associated with healthy and unhealthy states. The results of this study provide insight into the causative microbial features of health and disease, and could pave the way for the development of microbiome-based diagnostics and therapeutics.

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source: Phys.org