October 2020 archive

Oct 02

Assessing the Variation within the Oral Microbiome of Healthy Adults.

Assessing the Variation within the Oral Microbiome of Healthy Adults. mSphere. 2020 Sep 30;5(5): Authors: Nearing JT, DeClercq V, Van Limbergen J, Langille MGI Abstract More than 1,000 different species of microbes have been found to live within the human oral cavity, where they play important roles in maintaining both oral and systemic health. Several …

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Oct 02

Metagenome-assembled genome binning methods with short reads disproportionately fail for plasmids and genomic Islands.

Metagenome-assembled genome binning methods with short reads disproportionately fail for plasmids and genomic Islands. Microb Genom. 2020 Oct 01;: Authors: Maguire F, Jia B, Gray KL, Lau WYV, Beiko RG, Brinkman FSL Abstract Metagenomic methods enable the simultaneous characterization of microbial communities without time-consuming and bias-inducing culturing. Metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) binning methods aim to reassemble …

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