Nature Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
7(12), P. 2128 - 2150
Published: Nov. 28, 2022
Despite
advances
in
sequencing,
lack
of
standardization
makes
comparisons
across
studies
challenging
and
hampers
insights
into
the
structure
function
microbial
communities
multiple
habitats
on
a
planetary
scale.
Here
we
present
multi-omics
analysis
diverse
set
880
community
samples
collected
for
Earth
Microbiome
Project.
We
include
amplicon
(16S,
18S,
ITS)
shotgun
metagenomic
sequence
data,
untargeted
metabolomics
data
(liquid
chromatography-tandem
mass
spectrometry
gas
chromatography
spectrometry).
used
standardized
protocols
analytical
methods
to
characterize
communities,
focusing
relationships
co-occurrences
microbially
related
metabolites
taxa
environments,
thus
allowing
us
explore
diversity
at
extraordinary
In
addition
reference
database
metabolomic
provide
framework
incorporating
additional
studies,
enabling
expansion
existing
knowledge
form
an
evolving
resource.
demonstrate
utility
this
by
testing
hypothesis
that
every
microbe
metabolite
is
everywhere
but
environment
selects.
Our
results
show
exhibits
turnover
nestedness
both
environment,
whereas
relative
abundances
vary
co-occur
with
specific
consortia
habitat-specific
manner.
additionally
power
certain
chemistry,
particular
terpenoids,
distinguishing
Earth's
environments
(for
example,
terrestrial
plant
surfaces
soils,
freshwater
marine
animal
stool),
as
well
microbes
including
Conexibacter
woesei
(terrestrial
soils),
Haloquadratum
walsbyi
(marine
deposits)
Pantoea
dispersa
detritus).
This
Resource
provides
insight
within
from
Earth,
informing
chemical
ecology,
foundation
microbiome
hosts
environment.
Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
372(6538)
Published: March 3, 2021
UK
variant
transmission
Severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
has
the
capacity
to
generate
variants
with
major
genomic
changes.
The
B.1.1.7
(also
known
as
VOC
202012/01)
many
mutations
that
alter
virus
attachment
and
entry
into
human
cells.
Using
a
variety
of
statistical
dynamic
modeling
approaches,
Davies
et
al.
characterized
spread
in
United
Kingdom.
authors
found
is
43
90%
more
transmissible
than
predecessor
lineage
but
saw
no
clear
evidence
for
change
disease
severity,
although
enhanced
will
lead
higher
incidence
hospital
admissions.
Large
resurgences
are
likely
occur
after
easing
control
measures,
it
may
be
necessary
greatly
accelerate
vaccine
roll-out
epidemic.
Science
,
this
issue
p.
eabg3055
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: July 14, 2020
Abstract
Differential
abundance
(DA)
analysis
of
microbiome
data
continues
to
be
a
challenging
problem
due
the
complexity
data.
In
this
article
we
define
notion
“sampling
fraction”
and
demonstrate
major
hurdle
in
performing
DA
is
bias
introduced
by
differences
sampling
fractions
across
samples.
We
introduce
methodology
called
Analysis
Compositions
Microbiomes
with
Bias
Correction
(
ANCOM-BC
),
which
estimates
unknown
corrects
induced
their
among
The
absolute
are
modeled
using
linear
regression
framework.
This
formulation
makes
fundamental
advancement
field
because,
unlike
existing
methods,
it
(a)
provides
statistically
valid
test
appropriate
p-values,
(b)
confidence
intervals
for
differential
each
taxon,
(c)
controls
False
Discovery
Rate
(FDR),
(d)
maintains
adequate
power,
(e)
computationally
simple
implement.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: Jan. 17, 2022
Identifying
differentially
abundant
microbes
is
a
common
goal
of
microbiome
studies.
Multiple
methods
are
used
interchangeably
for
this
purpose
in
the
literature.
Yet,
there
few
large-scale
studies
systematically
exploring
appropriateness
using
these
tools
interchangeably,
and
scale
significance
differences
between
them.
Here,
we
compare
performance
14
differential
abundance
testing
on
38
16S
rRNA
gene
datasets
with
two
sample
groups.
We
test
amplicon
sequence
variants
operational
taxonomic
units
(ASVs)
Our
findings
confirm
that
identified
drastically
different
numbers
sets
significant
ASVs,
results
depend
data
pre-processing.
For
many
number
features
correlate
aspects
data,
such
as
size,
sequencing
depth,
effect
size
community
differences.
ALDEx2
ANCOM-II
produce
most
consistent
across
agree
best
intersect
from
approaches.
Nevertheless,
recommend
researchers
should
use
consensus
approach
based
multiple
to
help
ensure
robust
biological
interpretations.
Many
available,
but
it
lacks
systematic
comparison
among
authors
groups,
show
results.
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 26, 2020
A
novel
SARS-CoV-2
variant,
VOC
202012/01
(lineage
B.1.1.7),
emerged
in
southeast
England
November
2020
and
is
rapidly
spreading
towards
fixation.
Using
a
variety
of
statistical
dynamic
modelling
approaches,
we
estimate
that
this
variant
has
43–90%
(range
95%
credible
intervals
38–130%)
higher
reproduction
number
than
preexisting
variants.
fitted
two-strain
transmission
model
shows
will
lead
to
large
resurgences
COVID-19
cases.
Without
stringent
control
measures,
including
limited
closure
educational
institutions
greatly
accelerated
vaccine
roll-out,
hospitalisations
deaths
across
2021
exceed
those
2020.
Concerningly,
spread
globally
exhibits
similar
increase
(59–74%)
Denmark,
Switzerland,
the
United
States.
Cell,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
185(20), P. 3789 - 3806.e17
Published: Sept. 1, 2022
Cancer-microbe
associations
have
been
explored
for
centuries,
but
cancer-associated
fungi
rarely
examined.
Here,
we
comprehensively
characterize
the
cancer
mycobiome
within
17,401
patient
tissue,
blood,
and
plasma
samples
across
35
types
in
four
independent
cohorts.
We
report
fungal
DNA
cells
at
low
abundances
many
major
human
cancers,
with
differences
community
compositions
that
differ
among
types,
even
when
accounting
technical
background.
Fungal
histological
staining
of
tissue
microarrays
supported
intratumoral
presence
frequent
spatial
association
macrophages.
Comparing
communities
matched
bacteriomes
immunomes
revealed
co-occurring
bi-domain
ecologies,
often
permissive,
rather
than
competitive,
microenvironments
distinct
immune
responses.
Clinically
focused
assessments
suggested
prognostic
diagnostic
capacities
mycobiomes,
stage
I
synergistic
predictive
performance
bacteriomes.
In
this
comprehensive
survey
of
microbiomes
>900
species,
including
315
mammals
and
491
birds,
we
find
a
striking
convergence
the
birds
animals
that
fly.
nonflying
mammals,
diet
short-term
evolutionary
relatedness
drive
microbiome,
many
microbial
species
are
specific
to
particular
kind
mammal,
but
flying
break
pattern
with
microbes
shared
across
different
little
correlation
either
or
hosts.
This
finding
suggests
adaptation
flight
breaks
long-held
relationships
between
hosts
their
microbes.