Contamination in low microbial biomass microbiome studies: issues and recommendations

R Eisenhofer, JJ Minich, C Marotz, A Cooper… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Next-generation sequencing approaches in microbiome research have allowed surveys of
microbial communities, their genomes, and their functions with higher sensitivity than ever …

Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea

RM Bowers, NC Kyrpides, R Stepanauskas… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We present two standards developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for
reporting bacterial and archaeal genome sequences. Both are extensions of the Minimum …

Aging and neurodegeneration are associated with increased mutations in single human neurons

MA Lodato, RE Rodin, CL Bohrson, ME Coulter… - Science, 2018 - science.org
It has long been hypothesized that aging and neurodegeneration are associated with
somatic mutation in neurons; however, methodological hurdles have prevented testing this …

Sequencing-based analysis of microbiomes

Y Pinto, AS Bhatt - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Microbiomes occupy a range of niches and, in addition to having diverse compositions, they
have varied functional roles that have an impact on agriculture, environmental sciences, and …

Assembling single-cell genomes and mini-metagenomes from chimeric MDA products

S Nurk, A Bankevich, D Antipov… - Journal of …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Recent advances in single-cell genomics provide an alternative to largely gene-centric
metagenomics studies, enabling whole-genome sequencing of uncultivated bacteria …

Assembling genomes and mini-metagenomes from highly chimeric reads

S Nurk, A Bankevich, D Antipov, A Gurevich… - … Molecular Biology: 17th …, 2013 - Springer
Recent advances in single-cell genomics provide an alternative to gene-centric
metagenomics studies, enabling whole genome sequencing of uncultivated bacteria …

Droplet microfluidics for high-throughput biological assays

MT Guo, A Rotem, JA Heyman, DA Weitz - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet microfluidics offers significant advantages for performing high-throughput screens
and sensitive assays. Droplets allow sample volumes to be significantly reduced, leading to …

Single-Cell Genomics Reveals Hundreds of Coexisting Subpopulations in Wild Prochlorococcus

N Kashtan, SE Roggensack, S Rodrigue… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Extensive genomic diversity within coexisting members of a microbial species has been
revealed through selected cultured isolates and metagenomic assemblies. Yet, the cell-by …

Bacterial vesicles in marine ecosystems

SJ Biller, F Schubotz, SE Roggensack, AW Thompson… - science, 2014 - science.org
Many heterotrophic bacteria are known to release extracellular vesicles, facilitating
interactions between cells and their environment from a distance. Vesicle production has not …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide single-cell analysis of recombination activity and de novo mutation rates in human sperm

J Wang, HC Fan, B Behr, SR Quake - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Meiotic recombination and de novo mutation are the two main contributions toward gamete
genome diversity, and many questions remain about how an individual human's genome is …