The latest progress in studies of human oral microbiome.
- Author:
Jing XUE
1
;
Li-ying XIAO
;
Xue-dong ZHOU
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Metagenome;
Microbiota;
Mouth;
microbiology
- From:
West China Journal of Stomatology
2010;28(1):5-8
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
With the successful implementation of Human Genome Project, more and more scientists started to pay attention on the second genome of human body: Microbiome. This paper will briefly introduce the latest developments of the Human Microbiome Project, the human oral microbiome research, and new technologies of microbial gene research.