New species of methane-producing archaea discovered in the human gut

I love seeing this kind of thing posted but it’s not surprising in the slightest. We’re forever discovering brew bacteria in our guts that are apparently unique. When I had my gut bacteria tested a full 20% of what I had hadn’t been named yet, and some possibly hadn’t been seen before.

You can blame the dog if you want to. I’m blaming Methanobrevibacter intestini sp. nov. (strain WWM1085).

The original source article:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;microbiologysociety.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;new-species-discovered-in-human-gut-is-an-important-step-towards-understanding-the-interaction-between-humans-and-the-microbiome.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;microbiologysociety.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;new-spec...</a><p>Which also works without javascript or cookies, unlike phys.org

&gt; The discovery of Methanobrevibacter intestini and GRAZ-2 opens up a new chapter in archaea research as well as new perspectives for personalized microbiome medicine in the future.<p>It advances research, but personalized microbiome research seems a stretch goal. At least, it doesn&#x27;t sound like it&#x27;s likely to happen soon.

we are not even individuals, we are just walking cities of cells. We are Chimera.