Developments and insights into the analysis of the human microbiome

Abstract

The intense research focused on the human microbiome during the last years has shed some light on this mostly uncharacterized part of the human body. The constantly improving sequencing technologies have additionally eased the process of collecting a large amount of genome data from metagenomics samples. Using these methods, large studies with sufficient number of subjects have started to reveal the implications of our microbiome in health and disease. Here, we present a review on the last developments of sequencing technology together with an overview on the findings in this fast-evolving field of science.