Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2015; 21(3): 803-814
Published online Jan 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i3.803
Figure 1
Figure 1 Application of metagenomics in the human gut microbiome. In studying the human gut microbiome, metagenomic analysis has the potential to provide sufficient information in the following research areas: The detection of microbial composition and diversity, novel genes, microbial pathways, functional dysbiosis, antibiotic resistance genes, and the determination of interactions and co-evolution between microbiota and host.