Under the Sea and In Your Guts: Exploring the Hidden World of Bacteria | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Under the Sea and In Your Guts: Exploring the Hidden World of Bacteria | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Friday, March 29, 2019 Under the Sea and In Your Guts: Exploring the Hidden World of Bacteria What do bacteria from hot springs in the deep sea have in common with those in the human gut? In a recent lecture at the NIH, Dr. Stefan Sievert of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution described the world of deep-sea bacteria, and Dr. John Dekker of NIAID explained how next-generation genetic sequencing is leading to new advances in medicine. Learn more on the NIAID Now blog: