iMetaOmics: Advancing human and environmental health through integrated meta‐omics
iMetaOmics.,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
1(1)
Опубликована: Авг. 8, 2024
iMetaOmics
is
a
quarterly
international
journal
with
the
priority
of
publishing
research
work
within
scope
One
Health,
featured
well-designed
omics.
The
also
welcomes
systematic
integration
extensive
public
datasets,
new
and
meaningful
perspectives,
re-analysis
high-impact
data
yielding
different/valuable
conclusions.
microbiome
plays
critical
roles
in
human
[1],
animal
[2],
plant
nutrition
health
[3],
food
[4],
environment
[5],
as
well
other
aspects
society
(Figure
1).
Metaomics,
including
metabarcoding,
metagenomics,
metatranscriptomics,
metaproteomics,
metabolomics,
provide
unique
powerful
tools
to
better
understand
taxonomy
functions
microbiome,
biology,
[6].
Aiming
fill
gap
lacking
top
journals
field
Asia,
iMeta
Science
Society
its
thousands
Chinese
scientist
members
found
young
but
journal—iMeta
(ISSN:
2770-5986;
eISSN:
2770-596X).
It
has
published
more
than
200
high-quality
papers
since
2022,
original
articles,
reproducible
methods
protocols,
systemic
reviews
peers
updated
novel
findings,
easy-to-use
analytic
tools,
knowledge
[7].
These
publications
include
are
not
limited
gut
pertaining
diseases
[8],
microbiota
animals
(e.g.,
chicken
[9],
pig
[10],
panda
[11]),
pan-cancer
[12]
pan-genome
[13],
soil
associated
diversity
defense
[14,
15],
popular
for
metaomics
analyses
[16-18].
With
great
efforts
contributions
our
stakeholders,
like
publisher,
editorial
board
members,
authors,
reviewers,
received
first
impact
factor
23.7
2024,
gradually
accumulating
broad
diverse
audiences
readership,
especially
attracting
explosive
growth
submissions
recent
days.
To
cope
significantly
increased
submissions,
we
have
from
bimonthly
journal.
However,
publication
space
maintaining
high
standard
iMeta,
still
reject
90%
although
many
them
did
an
excellent
work.
Due
success
officially
launching
sister
(eISSN:
2996-9514,
ISSN:
2996-9506),
further
publish
articles
[19-23],
[24-28],
state-of-the-art
methodologies
[29,
30]
satisfy
increasing
submission
demand
iMeta.
Taking
advantage
same
team,
rejected
manuscripts
valuable/meaningful
findings
will
be
transferred
iMetaOmics,
together
detailed
comments
reviewers.
In
this
context,
following
review
process
shortened
promote
rapid
publishing.
Before
official
launch,
12
already
been
upon
approval
by
authors
issue.
Currently,
featuring
reanalysis
expected
that
establish
reputation
soon,
attract
wide
range
interest
readers,
contribute
progress
Human
Environmental
Health
studies.
Authors'
own
priority,
while
utilization
analysis
robust
experimental
validation
can
considered.
Multiple
evidence
required
support
conclusion.
New
strategies
advantage,
indispensable.
All
used
without
reasonable
concerns
should
publicly/temporally
accessible
reviewers
editors.
A
video
tutorial,
software
download,
installation,
operation,
result
displaying,
highly
recommended
bioinformatic
tools.
Additionally,
necessary
ethics
numbers,
clear
layouts,
figures,
significant
expected.
Chun-Lin
Shi:
Writing—original
draft;
writing—review
editing.
Tong
Chen:
Writing—review
Canhui
Lan:
Ren-You
Gan:
Jun
Yu:
Fangqing
Zhao:
Yong-Xin
Liu:
editing;
conceptualization.
Zhao
Yu
hold
position
Editor-in-Chief
iMetaOmics.
Liu,
Chen,
Lan,
Shi
Gan
Executive
Editors
Язык: Английский
Metagenomic approaches and opportunities in arid soil research
The Science of The Total Environment,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
953, С. 176173 - 176173
Опубликована: Сен. 10, 2024
Язык: Английский
Impacts of Biodegradable Microplastics on Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities of Arabidopsis thaliana: Insights into Root Hair-Dependent Colonization
Environmental Research,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 121496 - 121496
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
A long-read sequencing approach to high-resolution profiling of bacterioplankton diversity in a shallow freshwater lake
Scientific Reports,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 10, 2025
Lake
Balaton,
a
large
shallow
freshwater
lake
in
Hungary,
exhibits
diverse
bacterioplankton
communities
influenced
by
various
environmental
factors.
This
study
aims
to
evaluate
the
bacterial
diversity
Balaton
using
long-read
approach
16
S
rRNA
gene
sequencing.
Water
samples
were
collected
from
wide
network
of
33
locations
across
lake's
four
basins
and
analyzed
for
community
composition.
Sequencing
results
revealed
high
taxonomic
with
significant
zonal
variations.
Dominant
families
included
Comamonadaceae,
Burkholderiaceae,
Methylophilaceae.
Environmental
parameters
such
as
temperature,
pH,
CDOM
found
significantly
correlate
abundance
diversity.
The
underscores
utility
portability
sequencing
technology
assessing
microbial
provides
insights
into
ecological
dynamics
lakes.
Язык: Английский
Green land in a landscape bolsters the dietary diversity of reared yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 11
Опубликована: Апрель 21, 2025
Abstract
Land
use
change
has
significantly
altered
most
ecosystem
functioning,
such
as
nutrition
provisioning,
water
flows
and
pollination
services.
So
far,
the
impact
of
land
on
dietary
diversity
predatory
insects
remained
largely
unexplored.
In
this
study,
we
explored
prey
composition
reared
yellow-legged
hornets
Vespa
velutina
Lepeletier
(Hymenoptera:
Vespidae)
in
landscapes
with
a
gradient
surrounding
green
lands,
using
metabarcoding
feces
eliminated
by
larvae.
The
primarily
fed
upon
insects,
dipterans,
coleopterans,
lepidopterans,
hemipterans,
hymenopterans,
orthopterans
being
dominant
groups.
percentage
lands
had
positive
effect
richness
at
spatial
scale
1500
m,
but
no
Shannnon
index
community.
Meanwhile,
effects
coleopteran
lepidopteran
prey,
significant
dipteran
hemipteran
hymenopteran
or
orthopteran
prey.
terms
beta
diversity,
explained
dissimilarity
communities
among
landscapes,
whereas
local
factors,
distance
to
buildings,
did
not
explain
dissimilarity.
Our
study
indicated
that
landscape
positively
affected
hornets,
varied
different
taxonomic
groups
Язык: Английский
Dix-seq: An integrated pipeline for fast amplicon data analysis
The Innovation Life,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 100120 - 100120
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
<p>Rapid
advancements
in
sequencing
technologies
the
past
decade
have
driven
widespread
adoption
of
amplicon
metagenome.
However,
current
data
analysis
software/pipelines
often
require
manual
intervention
spanning
multiple
steps,
necessitating
a
clear
understanding
parameters
and
hindering
inexperienced
users
from
automating
their
workflows.
Here,
we
introduce
Dix-seq,
fully
containerized
tool
for
rapid,
automated,
scalable
analysis.
With
one
single
command,
Dix-seq
can
process
raw
sequences
down
to
various
statistical
visualization
results,
generate
html-based
reports,
retrospective
logfiles.
utilizes
parameter
sheet
file
drastically
simplify
its
command
line
interface,
making
it
much
more
approachable
by
while
improving
study
reproducibility.
The
modular
design
enables
rapid
new
methods
databases
into
software
frame.
Currently,
than
21
algorithms,
software,
third-party
procedures
been
integrated
eight
modules
are
coming
line.
This
approach
also
allows
experienced
fine-tune
workflow,
facilitating
customized
Benchmarks
performed
on
datasets
real-world
case
studies
demonstrated
Dix-seq’s
capabilities
generating
publish-ready
figures
with
information
extracting
biologically
meaningful
patterns.
Furthermore,
remained
highly
effective
at
detecting
variance
upon
simulated
depth
drop,
results
robust
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all
certain
fronts,
such
as
phylogenetic
diversity
Pearson
correlation,
respectively.
In
summary,
is
convenient
yet
customizable
analysis,
an
ideal
choice
both
entry-level
users.</p>
Язык: Английский
The use of iconPCR for 16S library preparation improves data quality and workflow
Yann Jouvenot,
Caroline Obert,
Brett Hale
и другие.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 21, 2024
Abstract
Polymerase
Chain
Reaction
(PCR)
is
a
cornerstone
of
contemporary
biological
research,
enabling
the
amplification
specific
DNA
sequences
for
various
applications.
However,
suboptimal
cycling
conditions
often
undermine
its
efficacy,
which
can
generate
chimeric
products,
exacerbate
PCR
duplication
rates,
and
skew
species
representation
in
metabarcoding
experiments
due
to
preferential
dominant
populations.
To
address
these
limitations,
we
present
iconPCR—Individually
Controlled
PCR—a
novel
technology
that
allows
each
reaction
96-well
plate
be
cycled
independently
programmatically.
By
setting
predefined
fluorescence
threshold,
iconPCR
ensures
all
Next
Generation
Sequencing
(NGS)
libraries
are
amplified
equivalent
levels,
thereby
eliminating
risks
over-
or
under-amplification
through
process
known
as
“Auto-Normalization.”
In
this
study,
applied
V3,
V4,
full-length
16S
rRNA
gene
using
Avidite
sequencing.
The
V1-V9
variable
region
were
also
evaluated
with
HiFi
sequencing,
significantly
demonstrated
potential
improve
microbial
community
analysis
accuracy
reliability.
Язык: Английский