Microbial indicators of fecal pollution: recent progress and challenges in assessing water quality

DA Holcomb, JR Stewart - Current environmental health reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Fecal contamination of water is a major public health concern.
This review summarizes recent developments and advancements in water quality indicators …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the significance of the utilization of next generation and third generation sequencing technologies in microbial metagenomics

I Akacin, Ş Ersoy, O Doluca, M Güngörmüşler - Microbiological Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the exploration of sequencing began in 2005, third and next-generation sequencing
(TGS and NGS) technologies have fundamentally changed metagenomics research. These …

The newest Oxford Nanopore R10. 4.1 full-length 16S rRNA sequencing enables the accurate resolution of species-level microbial community profiling

T Zhang, H Li, S Ma, J Cao, H Liao… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The long-read amplicon provides a species-level solution for the community. With the
improvement of nanopore flowcells, the accuracy of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) …

Using sewage for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

FM Aarestrup, MEJ Woolhouse - Science, 2020 - science.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a cross-cutting and increasing threat to global health (1–3),
is a complex problem with multiple and interconnected drivers. Reliable surveillance data …

Nanopore is preferable over Illumina for 16S amplicon sequencing of the gut microbiota when species-level taxonomic classification, accurate estimation of richness …

M Szoboszlay, L Schramm, D Pinzauti, J Scerri… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanopore sequencing is a promising technology used for 16S rRNA gene amplicon
sequencing as it can provide full-length 16S reads and has a low up-front cost that allows …

Freshwater monitoring by nanopore sequencing

L Urban, A Holzer, JJ Baronas, MB Hall… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
While traditional microbiological freshwater tests focus on the detection of specific bacterial
indicator species, including pathogens, direct tracing of all aquatic DNA through …

[HTML][HTML] Metagenomic water quality monitoring with a portable laboratory

K Acharya, A Blackburn, J Mohammed, AT Haile… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
We describe the technical feasibility of metagenomic water quality analysis using only
portable equipment, for example mini-vacuum pumps and filtration units, mini-centrifuges …

Expanding the temporal and spatial scales of environmental DNA research with autonomous sampling

NK Truelove, NV Patin, M Min, KJ Pitz… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging and powerful method for use in marine
research, conservation, and management, yet time‐and resource‐intensive protocols limit …

Next generation sequencing for pathogen detection in periprosthetic joint infections

PF Indelli, S Ghirardelli, B Violante… - EFORT Open …, 2021 - eor.bioscientifica.com
Periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) represent one of the most catastrophic complications
following total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The lack of standardized diagnostic tests and …

Speeding up the detection of invasive bivalve species using environmental DNA: A Nanopore and Illumina sequencing comparison

B Egeter, J Verissimo, M Lopes‐Lima… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional detection of aquatic invasive species via morphological identification is often time‐
consuming and can require a high level of taxonomic expertise, leading to delayed …