BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have built a mouse gut microbial biobank, according to a recent study paper published in journal Nature Communications.
Mice are widely used as experimental models for gut microbiome studies. The researchers from the Institute of Microbiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences constructed the biobank comprising 244 strains representing 126 species of mouse gut microbes.
The 126 microbial species and their genomes are deposited in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center for public use, said the paper.
The biobank will provide resources for studies of gut microbiome functions associated with health and diseases.
