8 Result(s)

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Stability of operational taxonomic units: an important but neglected property for analyzing microbial diversity

The operational taxonomic unit (OTU) is widely used in microbial ecology. Reproducibility in microbial ecology research depends on the reliability of OTU-based 16S ribosomal subunit RNA (rRNA) analyses.

Yan He, J Gregory Caporaso, **ao-Tao Jiang, Hua-Fang Sheng, Susan M Huse… in Microbiome (2015)

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Erratum to: Stability of operational taxonomic units: an important but neglected property for analyzing microbial diversity

Yan He, J. Gregory Caporaso, **ao-Tao Jiang, Hua-Fang Sheng, Susan M. Huse… in Microbiome (2015)

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ghost-tree: creating hybrid-gene phylogenetic trees for diversity analyses

Fungi play critical roles in many ecosystems, cause serious diseases in plants and animals, and pose significant threats to human health and structural integrity problems in built environments. While most fung...

Jennifer Fouquier, Jai Ram Rideout, Evan Bolyen, John Chase, Arron Shiffer… in Microbiome (2016)

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Microbiota Transfer Therapy alters gut ecosystem and improves gastrointestinal and autism symptoms: an open-label study

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are complex neurobiological disorders that impair social interactions and communication and lead to restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and ...

Dae-Wook Kang, James B. Adams, Ann C. Gregory, Thomas Borody, Lauren Chittick… in Microbiome (2017)

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Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin

Taxonomic classification of marker-gene sequences is an important step in microbiome analysis.

Nicholas A. Bokulich, Benjamin D. Kaehler, Jai Ram Rideout, Matthew Dillon… in Microbiome (2018)

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Current progress and future opportunities in applications of bioinformatics for biodefense and pathogen detection: report from the Winter Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meet-up, College Park, MD, January 10, 2018

The Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meet-up (M³) organization brings together academic, government, and industry groups to share ideas and develop best practices for microbiome research. In January of 2018, M³ held its f...

Jacquelyn S. Meisel, Daniel J. Nasko, Brian Brubach, Victoria Cepeda-Espinoza… in Microbiome (2018)

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Next steps in studying the human microbiome and health in prospective studies, Bethesda, MD, May 16–17, 2017

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored a 2-day workshop, “Next Steps in Studying the Human Microbiome and Health in Prospective Studies,” in Bethesda, Maryland, May 16–17, 2017. The workshop brought tog...

Rashmi Sinha, Habibul Ahsan, Martin Blaser, J. Gregory Caporaso… in Microbiome (2018)

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Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota

Upper small intestinal dietary lipids activate a gut-brain axis regulating energy homeostasis. The prebiotic, oligofructose (OFS) improves body weight and adiposity during metabolic dysregulation but the exact...

Savanna N. Weninger, Chloe Herman, Rachel K. Meyer, Eve T. Beauchemin… in Microbiome (2023)