Metagenomics for pathogen detection in public health

RR Miller, V Montoya, JL Gardy, DM Patrick, P Tang - Genome medicine, 2013 - Springer
Traditional pathogen detection methods in public health infectious disease surveillance rely
upon the identification of agents that are already known to be associated with a particular …

Recent advances in genomic DNA sequencing of microbial species from single cells

RS Lasken, JS McLean - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
The vast majority of microbial species remain uncultivated and, until recently, about half of
all known bacterial phyla were identified only from their 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence …

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 …

High‐throughput identification and diagnostics of pathogens and pests: overview and practical recommendations

L Tedersoo, R Drenkhan, S Anslan… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
High‐throughput identification technologies provide efficient tools for understanding the
ecology and functioning of microorganisms. Yet, these methods have been only rarely used …

From cultured to uncultured genome sequences: metagenomics and modeling microbial ecosystems

DR Garza, BE Dutilh - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Microorganisms and the viruses that infect them are the most numerous biological entities
on Earth and enclose its greatest biodiversity and genetic reservoir. With strength in their …

Candidate phylum TM6 genome recovered from a hospital sink biofilm provides genomic insights into this uncultivated phylum

JS McLean, MJ Lombardo, JH Badger… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The “dark matter of life” describes microbes and even entire divisions of bacterial phyla that
have evaded cultivation and have yet to be sequenced. We present a genome from the …

Characterizing the genetic basis of bacterial phenotypes using genome-wide association studies: a new direction for bacteriology

TD Read, RC Massey - Genome medicine, 2014 - Springer
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have become an increasingly important
approach for eukaryotic geneticists, facilitating the identification of hundreds of genetic …

Heme acquisition mechanisms of Porphyromonas gingivalis – strategies used in a polymicrobial community in a heme‐limited host environment

JW Smalley, T Olczak - Molecular Oral Microbiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Porphyromonas gingivalis, a main etiologic agent and key pathogen responsible for
initiation and progression of chronic periodontitis requires heme as a source of iron and …

An in vitrobiofilm model system maintaining a highly reproducible species and metabolic diversity approaching that of the human oral microbiome

A Edlund, Y Yang, AP Hall, L Guo, R Lux, X He… - Microbiome, 2013 - Springer
Background Our knowledge of microbial diversity in the human oral cavity has vastly
expanded during the last two decades of research. However, much of what is known about …

Porphyromonas gingivalis outside the oral cavity

S Bregaint, E Boyer, SB Fong, V Meuric… - Odontology, 2022 - Springer
Porphyromonas gingivalis, a Gram-negative anaerobic bacillus present in periodontal
disease, is considered one of the major pathogens in periodontitis. A literature search for …