%0 Journal Article %J Nature Reviews %D 2019 %T A great-ape view of the gut microbiome %A Nishida, Alex H. %A Ochman, Howard %X

Humans assemble a specialized microbiome from a world teeming with diverse microorganisms. Comparison to the microbiomes of great apes provides a dimension that is indispensable to understanding how these microbial communities form, function and change. This evolutionary perspective exposes not only how human gut microbiomes have been shaped by our great-ape heritage but also the features that make humans unique, as exemplified by an expansive loss of bacterial and archaeal diversity and the identification of microbial lineages that have co-diversified with their hosts.

%B Nature Reviews %8 2019/01/08 %@ 1471-0064 %G eng %U https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-018-0085-z %! Nature Reviews Genetics %R https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-018-0085-z