Reposted by Viktoria Weinberger
A newly identified methane-producing archaeal species and a unique variant have been isolated from the human gut, highlighting the complexity and potential health relevance of the gut archaeome. doi.org/g9fxvx
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Microbiologists discover new species of methane-producing archaea in the human gut
An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (Braunschweig, Germany)—and the University of Illinois (U.S.) has identified and described a previously unknown species of methane-producing archaea in the human gut: Methanobrevibacter intestini sp.
