Background Recent advances in sequencing have facilitated large-scale analyses of the
metagenomic composition of different samples, including the environmental microbiome of …

We applied, for the first time, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology on Egyptian
mummies. Seven NGS datasets obtained from five randomly selected Third Intermediate to …

Metagenome analysis has become a common source of information about microbial
communities that occupy a wide range of niches, including archaeological specimens. It has …

Ancient hominoid genome studies can be regarded by definition as metagenomic analyses
since they represent a mixture of both hominoid and microbial sequences in an …

Recent advantages in paleomicrobiology have provided an opportunity to investigate the
composition of ancient microbial ecologies. Here, using metagenome analysis, we …

The composition of ancient oral microbiomes has recently become accessible owing to
advanced biomolecular methods such as metagenomics and metaproteomics, but the utility …

Microbial archaeology is flourishing in the era of high-throughput sequencing, revealing the
agents behind devastating historical plagues, identifying the cryptic movements of …

While a comparatively young area of research, investigations relying on ancient DNA data
have been highly valuable in revealing snapshots of genetic variation in both the recent and …

The detection of ancient microbial DNA offers a new approach for the study of infectious
diseases, their occurrence, frequency and host–pathogen interaction in historic times and …

The aim of this paper is to review the use of genetics in palaeomicrobiology, and to highlight
the importance of understanding past diseases. Palaeomicrobiology is the study of disease …