tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post1857668192502748330..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: The human microbiome - term being used in many ways - but at least it is getting some pressJonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-88143813470082549262012-04-15T07:43:37.238-07:002012-04-15T07:43:37.238-07:00http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/lhc/docs/published/2001/...http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/lhc/docs/published/2001/pub2001047.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-5633963320501506022010-03-31T00:26:58.786-07:002010-03-31T00:26:58.786-07:00One of the major problems with the use of "mi...One of the major problems with the use of "microbiome" to describe 16S-based data is that 16S analysis cannot differentiate bacteria (or archaea) that are closely related but differ by phages, etc. In other terms, 16S ignores a major component of the microbiome which is the "mobilome" or the "horizontal variome" (sorry, a double-omic sin).<br /><br />The Human Microbiome Project is leading to the misuse of "microbiome." I often now read the expression "members of the gut microbiome," which simply means: gut microbes!Ramy K. Azizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680735838304209914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-27458214698412738802009-03-03T14:21:00.000-08:002009-03-03T14:21:00.000-08:00How about microbiomics?How about microbiomics?Morgan Langillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991960337694557528noreply@blogger.com