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A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity.
Thompson, Luke R; Sanders, Jon G; McDonald, Daniel; Amir, Amnon; Ladau, Joshua; Locey, Kenneth J; Prill, Robert J; Tripathi, Anupriya; Gibbons, Sean M; Ackermann, Gail; Navas-Molina, Jose A; Janssen, Stefan; Kopylova, Evguenia; Vázquez-Baeza, Yoshiki; González, Antonio; Morton, James T; Mirarab, Siavash; Zech Xu, Zhenjiang; Jiang, Lingjing; Haroon, Mohamed F; Kanbar, Jad; Zhu, Qiyun; Jin Song, Se; Kosciolek, Tomasz; Bokulich, Nicholas A; Lefler, Joshua; Brislawn, Colin J; Humphrey, Gregory; Owens, Sarah M; Hampton-Marcell, Jarrad; Berg-Lyons, Donna; McKenzie, Valerie; Fierer, Noah; Fuhrman, Jed A; Clauset, Aaron; Stevens, Rick L; Shade, Ashley; Pollard, Katherine S; Goodwin, Kelly D; Jansson, Janet K; Gilbert, Jack A; Knight, Rob.
Afiliação
  • Thompson LR; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Sanders JG; Department of Biological Sciences and Northern Gulf Institute, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.
  • McDonald D; Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stationed at Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Amir A; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Ladau J; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Locey KJ; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Prill RJ; The Gladstone Institutes and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Tripathi A; Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
  • Gibbons SM; Industrial and Applied Genomics, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, USA.
  • Ackermann G; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Navas-Molina JA; Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Janssen S; Skaggs School of Pharmacy, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Kopylova E; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Vázquez-Baeza Y; The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • González A; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Morton JT; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Mirarab S; Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Zech Xu Z; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Jiang L; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Haroon MF; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Kanbar J; Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Zhu Q; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Jin Song S; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Kosciolek T; Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Bokulich NA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Lefler J; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Brislawn CJ; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Humphrey G; Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Owens SM; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Hampton-Marcell J; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Berg-Lyons D; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • McKenzie V; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Fierer N; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Fuhrman JA; Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
  • Clauset A; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Stevens RL; Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA.
  • Shade A; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  • Pollard KS; Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA.
  • Goodwin KD; Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA.
  • Jansson JK; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Gilbert JA; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  • Knight R; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Nature ; 551(7681): 457-463, 2017 11 23.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29088705
ABSTRACT
Our growing awareness of the microbial world's importance and diversity contrasts starkly with our limited understanding of its fundamental structure. Despite recent advances in DNA sequencing, a lack of standardized protocols and common analytical frameworks impedes comparisons among studies, hindering the development of global inferences about microbial life on Earth. Here we present a meta-analysis of microbial community samples collected by hundreds of researchers for the Earth Microbiome Project. Coordinated protocols and new analytical methods, particularly the use of exact sequences instead of clustered operational taxonomic units, enable bacterial and archaeal ribosomal RNA gene sequences to be followed across multiple studies and allow us to explore patterns of diversity at an unprecedented scale. The result is both a reference database giving global context to DNA sequence data and a framework for incorporating data from future studies, fostering increasingly complete characterization of Earth's microbial diversity.
Assuntos

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Planeta Terra / Biodiversidade / Microbiota Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Planeta Terra / Biodiversidade / Microbiota Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article