Enthusiasm for research describing microbial communities using next‐generation
sequencing (NGS) has outpaced efforts to standardize methodology. Without consistency in …

Ocular pathogens cause many painful and vision‐threatening diseases such as infectious
keratitis, uveitis, and endophthalmitis. While virulent pathogens and pathobionts play …

Application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology in infectious diseases has
allowed the simultaneous analysis of genome information from a myriad of microorganisms …

The ocular surface microbiome, unlike that of the skin or gut, has not been well
characterized. Culture experiments historically suggested a nearly sterile ocular surface, but …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) studies have demonstrated a rich and diverse ocular
surface-associated microbiota in people that was previously undetected by traditional …

Objective To characterize the bacterial community residing on the conjunctiva of clinically
healthy dogs. Methods Bacterial DNA from conjunctival swabs of 10 dogs with normal ocular …

Purpose The low microbial abundance on the ocular surface results in challenges in the
characterization of its microbiome. The purpose of this study was to reveal factors …

The ocular surface microbiome of veterinary species has not been thoroughly characterized
using molecular-based techniques, such as next generation sequencing (NGS), as the vast …

Insights in the ocular surface microbiome are still at an early stage and many more
questions remain unanswered compared with other human‐associated microbial …

Purpose The ocular surface microbiome has been described as paucibacterial. Until now,
studies investigating the bacterial community associated with the ocular surface through …