The Integrative Human Microbiome Project

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 569; no. 7758; pp. 641 - 648
• Main Authors: Proctor, Lita M, Creasy, Heather H, Fettweis, Jennifer M, Lloyd-Price, Jason, Mahurkar, Anup, Zhou, Wenyu, Buck, Gregory A, Snyder, Michael P, Strauss, Jerome F, Weinstock, George M, White, Owen, Huttenhower, Curtis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 45/23; 45/91; 631/326/2565/2134; 692/699/249/2510/257; 692/699/2732; 692/699/2743/137/773; Bowel disease; Diet; Female; Gastrointestinal Microbiome - physiology; Genetic aspects; Genetic research; Genomes; Genomics; Host Microbial Interactions - physiology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Immune system; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Infections - complications; Infections - microbiology; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - microbiology; Metabolism; Microbiological research; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microbiota - physiology; Microorganisms; multidisciplinary; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) - organization & administration; Perspective; Prediabetic State - complications; Prediabetic State - microbiology; Pregnancy; Premature birth; Research - organization & administration; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Taxonomy; Time Factors; United States; Vagina; Vagina - microbiology; Womens health; United States

The NIH Human Microbiome Project (HMP) has been carried out over ten years and two phases to provide resources, methods, and discoveries that link interactions between humans and their microbiomes to health-related outcomes. The recently completed second phase, the Integrative Human Microbiome Proje...