Microbiology: the road to strain-level identification

Tools are emerging to help labs trawl for sequences that reveal microbial strains and their functional potential in deep pools of metagenomic data. Who is there and what are they doing are typical questions in military intelligence and in metagenomics. Both fields sift through big data for signals....

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Published inNature methods Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 401 - 404
Main Author Marx, Vivien
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.05.2016
Nature Publishing Group
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Bioinformatics
Biological Microscopy
Biological Techniques
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology
Food contamination
Genetic aspects
Genomes
Genotype
Identification and classification
Infectious diseases
Innovations
Life Sciences
Microbial genetics
Microbiology
Pathogenic microorganisms
Proteomics
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Summary:Tools are emerging to help labs trawl for sequences that reveal microbial strains and their functional potential in deep pools of metagenomic data. Who is there and what are they doing are typical questions in military intelligence and in metagenomics. Both fields sift through big data for signals. Speed is crucial when averting terrorist threats or hunting the cause of food contamination or an infectious disease outbreak. In calmer times, both communities want to keep learning about their subjects of interest. Both communities also benefit from sophisticated tools. Metagenomics researchers analyze genetic information from microbes in different environments, including the human body, using high-throughput sequencing and computational methods.
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ISSN:1548-7091
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DOI:10.1038/nmeth.3837