Fishing for obesity-related gut microbiome enterotype.

Cell Host Microbe

Fudan Microbiome Center, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, and Center for Obesity and Hernia Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China. Electronic address:

Published: August 2024

Despite debate, the concept of enterotype-like clusters remains valuable for exploring the human gut microbiome and associated environmental factors. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Wu et al. robustly identified an obesity-related enterotype-like cluster, Megamonas, and demonstrated its clinical relevance through cohort studies, mice, and cell experiments.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.07.002DOI Listing

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