Key points from article :
The microbiome is communities of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes living in our gut.
Human gut microbiome both affects and is affected by its host status.
Particularly related to chronic age-related inflammation.
Could be used a biomarker that can calculate the age of a person within a few years.
Gut bacteria samples taken from 1165 healthy people aged between 20 and 90.
Machine learning system taught to recognize 95 species of bacteria.
After training with 90% of samples, remainder used to predict the age of participant.