Avoiding Pandemic Fears in the Subway and Conquering the Platypus

• Published in: mSystems Vol. 1; no. 3
• Main Authors: Gonzalez, A, Vázquez-Baeza, Y, Pettengill, J B, Ottesen, A, McDonald, D, Knight, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Metapopulations; Pandemics

Metagenomics is increasingly used not just to show patterns of microbial diversity but also as a culture-independent method to detect individual organisms of intense clinical, epidemiological, conservation, forensic, or regulatory interest. A widely reported metagenomic study of the New York subway...