Researchers aim to catalogue global microbiomes - while there’s still time - Global Microbiome Conservancy

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Researchers aim to catalogue global microbiomes - while there’s still time - Global Microbiome Conservancy

As industrialized lifestyles threaten microbial diversity, a new International effort will preserve gut microbes from the world’s remotest regions.

https://www.broadinstitute.org/news/researchers-aim-catalogue-global-microbiomes

Populations around the world harbor a diversity of microbiomes that we haven't begun to understand. @globalmicrobiom is reaching around the globe to bring that diversity to light. https://t.co/pNsng24twj pic.twitter.com/QIsA4IIgDC
— Broad Institute (@broadinstitute) July 27, 2018

.@globalmicrobiom is in a race to catalog & study the diversity of the world's microbiomes before they disappear: https://t.co/2S6Kn9TpZh pic.twitter.com/BkvIfBmqcf
— Broad Institute (@broadinstitute) July 26, 2018

"There’s an incredible amount of gut microbial diversity out there … associated with … traditional lifestyles," @ejalm says, talking about @globalmicrobiom. "Once urbanization and industrialization happen, this huge reservoir of biodiversity will essentially be lost." pic.twitter.com/F3rdjoW35t
— Broad Institute (@broadinstitute) July 26, 2018

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