Classifying microbes differently leads to discovery

(Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Changing the way microbes are classified can reveal similarities among mammals' gut microbiomes, according to a new study published in mBio that proposes an alternative method for classifying microbes to provide insight into human and environmental health.
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