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Zooming into the structure of the microbiome

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This month’s Genome Watch highlights how genome sequencing can be used to understand the strain-level diversity, evolution and spatial structure of the human microbiome, and to inform therapeutic strategies.

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  1. Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK

    Gemma G. R. Murray & Chrispin Chaguza

  2. University College London, London, UK

    Gemma G. R. Murray & Chrispin Chaguza

  3. Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA

    Chrispin Chaguza

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Murray, G.G.R., Chaguza, C. Zooming into the structure of the microbiome. Nat Rev Microbiol 21, 5 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-022-00834-6

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