The Incredible, Variable Bacteria Living in Your Mouth
Published:21 Dec.2020 Source:Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
These questions, though, have one big obstacle, bacteria are so tiny and numerous with very diverse and complicated populations which creates major challenges to understanding which subgroups of bacteria live where and what genes or metabolic abilities allow them to thrive in these 'wrong' places.
In a new study published in Genome Biology researchers led by Harvard University examined the human oral microbiome and discovered impressive variability in bacterial subpopulations living in certain areas of the mouth.