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This month's Genome Watch highlights how the development of new approaches for quantifying the human microbiome may pave the way for a better understanding of microbial shifts in the context of human health and disease.
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Almeida, A., Shao, Y. Keeping tally in the microbiome. Nat Rev Microbiol 16, 124 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro.2018.13
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