Nearly all infectious agents contain DNA or RNA genomes, making sequencing an attractive
approach for pathogen detection. The cost of high-throughput or next-generation …

There is a growing attention toward personalized medicine. This is led by a fundamental
shift from the 'one size fits all'paradigm for treatment of patients with conditions or …

In recent years, the use of longer range read data combined with advances in assembly
algorithms has stimulated big improvements in the contiguity and quality of genome …

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a common health problem for both dairy and beef cattle,
resulting in significant economic loses. In order to identify viruses associated with BRD, we …

Assembly of metagenomic sequence data into microbial genomes is of fundamental value to
improving our understanding of microbial ecology and metabolism by elucidating the …

Background Wild birds may harbor and transmit viruses that are potentially pathogenic to
humans, domestic animals, and other wildlife. Results Using the viral metagenomic …

Background The viral component of microbial communities plays a vital role in driving
bacterial diversity, facilitating nutrient turnover and shaping community composition. Despite …

Background Microbes are main drivers of biogeochemical cycles in oceans and lakes.
Although the genome is a foundation for understanding the metabolism, ecology and …

Pollution of aquatic ecosystems by plastic wastes poses severe environmental and health
problems and has prompted scientific investigations on the fate and factors contributing to …

Metagenomics poses opportunities for clinical and public health virology applications by
offering a way to assess complete taxonomic composition of a clinical sample in an …