American Gut Project

The American Gut Project is an open-data microbiome project. It is possible to send them a sample (eg for the gut) and look see a summary of the organisms living in it using genetic sequencing of the bacteria. American Gut is a US project, but those outside the US can participate. There is a sister project in the UK called the British Gut Project (run by Tim Spector who wrote The Diet Myth) that uses the same online back-end.

At the time of writing the reports produced by uBiome are more extensive and may provide more value.