Published in:
Nature Reviews Microbiology 22(10) , 597-597 ( 2024)
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DOI:
10.1038/s41579-024-01093-3
Abstract:
This Genome Watch highlights recent metagenomic surveys that have revealed the extensive prevalence and diversity of plasmids in the human gut microbiome and discusses the challenges in accurately reporting plasmid genomes identified from metagenomic data.