Recent advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have provided the foundation
for modern studies into the composition of microbial communities. The use of these NGS …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most challenging threats in public health; thus,
there is a growing demand for methods and technologies that enable rapid antimicrobial …

The body-wide human microbiome plays a role in health, but its full diversity remains
uncharacterized, particularly outside of the gut and in international populations. We …

Background There is concern that the microbially rich activated sludge environment of
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) may contribute to the dissemination of antibiotic …

The MinION sequencing platform offers near real-time analysis of DNA sequence; this
makes the tool attractive for deployment in fieldwork or clinical settings. We used the MinION …

Advances in the sequencing of DNA extracted from media such as soil and water offer huge
opportunities for biodiversity monitoring and assessment, particularly where the collection or …

Metagenomic sequence data from defined mock communities is crucial for the assessment
of sequencing platform performance and downstream analyses, including assembly, binning …

Sequencing technology is the most commonly used technology in molecular biology
research and an essential pillar for the development and applications of molecular biology …

The disastrous spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has induced severe public healthcare issues and weakened the global economy …

Background The first step in understanding ecological community diversity and dynamics is
quantifying community membership. An increasingly common method for doing so is …