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ArticleNature2026

Genome-wide sweeps create ecological units in the human gut microbiome.

Xiaoqian Annie Yu, Cameron R Strachan, Craig W Herbold, Michaela Lang, Christoph Gasche, Athanasios Makristathis, Nicola Segata, Shaul Pollak, Adrian Tett, Martin F Polz

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Linkage of nucleotide and functional diversity varies across gut bacteria.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Xiaoqian Annie YuDivision of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8105-8444
Cameron R StrachanCentre for Food Science and Veterinary Public Health, Clinical Department for Farm Animals and Food System Science, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Craig W HerboldDivision of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-0197
Michaela LangDivision of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-3719
Christoph GascheDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3752-6685
Athanasios MakristathisDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-571X
Nicola SegataCIBIO Department, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-5794
Shaul PollakDivision of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-5944
Adrian TettDivision of Computational Systems Biology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Martin F PolzDivision of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. martin.f.polz@univie.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9296-3733

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human gut microbiome is shaped by diverse selective forces that originate from host and environmental factors and it substantially influences health and disease. Whereas the association of microbial lineages with various health conditions has been shown at different taxonomic levels

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BacteriaEvolution, MolecularGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGenome, BacterialHumansPhylogenyRecombination, GeneticSelection, Genetic

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PMID42092154
PMCPMC13322978

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