Comprehensive Strain-Level Analysis of the Gut Microbe Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Abstract

Most metagenomic studies focus on microbes at the species level, thus ignoring the different effects of different strains of the same species on the host. In this study, we explored the different microbes at the strain level in the intestines of patients with liver cirrhosis and of healthy people.