Nature,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
594(7862), С. 234 - 239
Опубликована: Май 12, 2021
Abstract
Loss
of
gut
microbial
diversity
1–6
in
industrial
populations
is
associated
with
chronic
diseases
7
,
underscoring
the
importance
studying
our
ancestral
microbiome.
However,
relatively
little
known
about
composition
pre-industrial
microbiomes.
Here
we
performed
a
large-scale
de
novo
assembly
genomes
from
palaeofaeces.
From
eight
authenticated
human
palaeofaeces
samples
(1,000–2,000
years
old)
well-preserved
DNA
southwestern
USA
and
Mexico,
reconstructed
498
medium-
high-quality
genomes.
Among
181
strongest
evidence
being
ancient
origin,
39%
represent
previously
undescribed
species-level
genome
bins.
Tip
dating
suggests
an
approximate
diversification
timeline
for
key
symbiont
Methanobrevibacter
smithii
.
In
comparison
to
789
present-day
microbiome
countries,
are
more
similar
non-industrialized
than
industrialized
Functional
profiling
reveals
markedly
lower
abundance
antibiotic-resistance
mucin-degrading
genes,
as
well
enrichment
mobile
genetic
elements
relative
This
study
facilitates
discovery
characterization
microorganisms
microbiomes
investigation
evolutionary
history
microbiota
through
reconstruction
Molecular Biology and Evolution,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
38(12), С. 5825 - 5829
Опубликована: Сен. 30, 2021
Even
though
automated
functional
annotation
of
genes
represents
a
fundamental
step
in
most
genomic
and
metagenomic
workflows,
it
remains
challenging
at
large
scales.
Here,
we
describe
major
upgrade
to
eggNOG-mapper,
tool
for
based
on
precomputed
orthology
assignments,
now
optimized
vast
(meta)genomic
data
sets.
Improvements
version
2
include
full
update
both
the
genomes
databases
those
from
eggNOG
v5,
as
well
several
efficiency
enhancements
new
features.
Most
notably,
eggNOG-mapper
v2
allows
for:
1)
de
novo
gene
prediction
raw
contigs,
2)
built-in
pairwise
prediction,
3)
fast
protein
domain
discovery,
4)
GFF
decoration.
is
available
standalone
or
an
online
service
http://eggnog-mapper.embl.de.
Culture-independent
analyses
of
microbial
communities
have
progressed
dramatically
in
the
last
decade,
particularly
due
to
advances
methods
for
biological
profiling
via
shotgun
metagenomics.
Opportunities
improvement
continue
accelerate,
with
greater
access
multi-omics,
reference
genomes,
and
strain-level
diversity.
To
leverage
these,
we
present
bioBakery
3,
a
set
integrated,
improved
taxonomic,
strain-level,
functional,
phylogenetic
metagenomes
newly
developed
build
on
largest
sequences
now
available.
Compared
current
alternatives,
MetaPhlAn
3
increases
accuracy
taxonomic
profiling,
HUMAnN
improves
that
functional
potential
activity.
These
detected
novel
disease-microbiome
links
applications
CRC
(1262
metagenomes)
IBD
(1635
817
metatranscriptomes).
Strain-level
an
additional
4077
StrainPhlAn
PanPhlAn
unraveled
structure
common
gut
microbe
Ruminococcus
bromii
,
previously
described
by
only
15
isolate
genomes.
With
open-source
implementations
cloud-deployable
reproducible
workflows,
platform
can
help
researchers
deepen
resolution,
scale,
multi-omic
community
studies.
Bioinformatics,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
38(23), С. 5315 - 5316
Опубликована: Окт. 11, 2022
Abstract
Summary
The
Genome
Taxonomy
Database
(GTDB)
and
associated
taxonomic
classification
toolkit
(GTDB-Tk)
have
been
widely
adopted
by
the
microbiology
community.
However,
growing
size
of
GTDB
bacterial
reference
tree
has
resulted
in
GTDB-Tk
requiring
substantial
amounts
memory
(∼320
GB)
which
limits
its
adoption
ease
use.
Here,
we
present
an
update
to
that
uses
a
divide-and-conquer
approach
where
user
genomes
are
initially
placed
into
with
family-level
representatives
followed
placement
appropriate
class-level
subtree
comprising
species
representatives.
This
substantially
reduces
requirements
while
having
minimal
impact
on
classification.
Availability
implementation
is
implemented
Python
licenced
under
GNU
General
Public
Licence
v3.0.
Source
code
documentation
available
at:
https://github.com/ecogenomics/gtdbtk.
Supplementary
information
data
at
Bioinformatics
online.
Nature Biotechnology,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
41(11), С. 1633 - 1644
Опубликована: Фев. 23, 2023
Abstract
Metagenomic
assembly
enables
new
organism
discovery
from
microbial
communities,
but
it
can
only
capture
few
abundant
organisms
most
metagenomes.
Here
we
present
MetaPhlAn
4,
which
integrates
information
metagenome
assemblies
and
isolate
genomes
for
more
comprehensive
metagenomic
taxonomic
profiling.
From
a
curated
collection
of
1.01
M
prokaryotic
reference
metagenome-assembled
genomes,
define
unique
marker
genes
26,970
species-level
genome
bins,
4,992
them
taxonomically
unidentified
at
the
species
level.
4
explains
~20%
reads
in
international
human
gut
microbiomes
>40%
less-characterized
environments
such
as
rumen
microbiome
proves
accurate
than
available
alternatives
on
synthetic
evaluations
while
also
reliably
quantifying
with
no
cultured
isolates.
Application
method
to
>24,500
metagenomes
highlights
previously
undetected
be
strong
biomarkers
host
conditions
lifestyles
mouse
shows
that
even
uncharacterized
genetically
profiled
resolution
single
strains.
Abstract
Background
In
gut
microbiome
studies,
the
cultured
microbial
resource
plays
essential
roles,
such
as
helping
to
unravel
functions
and
host-microbe
interactions.
Although
several
major
studies
have
been
performed
elucidate
human
microbiota,
up
70%
of
Unified
Human
Gastrointestinal
Genome
species
not
date.
Large-scale
isolation
identification
well
availability
public
are
imperative
for
further
characterizing
functions.
Results
this
study,
we
constructed
a
Gut
Microbial
Biobank
(hGMB;
homepage:
hgmb.nmdc.cn
)
through
cultivation
10,558
isolates
from
31
sample
mixtures
239
fresh
fecal
samples
healthy
Chinese
volunteers,
deposited
1170
strains
representing
400
different
in
culture
collections
International
Depository
Authority
long-term
preservation
access
worldwide.
Following
rules
Code
Nomenclature
Prokaryotes,
102
new
were
characterized
denominated,
while
28
genera
3
families
proposed.
hGMB
represented
over
80%
common
dominant
global
16S
rRNA
gene
amplicon
data
(
n
=
11,647)
24
“most-wanted”
“medium
priority”
taxa
proposed
by
Microbiome
Project.
We
total
sequenced
115
genomes
novel
13
previously
known
species.
Further
silico
analysis
revealed
that
newly
22
uncultured
(UHGG)
contributed
representatives
potentially
“dark
taxa”
had
discovered
UHGG.
The
nonredundant
catalogs
generated
covered
50%
functionally
genes
(KEGG
orthologs)
largest
approximately
10%
“most
wanted”
unknown
proteins
FUnkFams
database.
Conclusions
A
publicly
accessible
(hGMB)
was
established
contained
represents
expands
resources
genomic
repository
adding
species,
genera,
families,
microbes.
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
13(1)
Опубликована: Март 23, 2022
Antibiotic
resistance
genes
(ARGs)
have
accelerated
microbial
threats
to
human
health
in
the
last
decade.
Many
can
confer
resistance,
but
evaluating
relative
risks
of
ARGs
is
complex.
Factors
such
as
abundance,
propensity
for
lateral
transmission
and
ability
be
expressed
pathogens
are
all
important.
Here,
an
analysis
at
metagenomic
level
from
various
habitats
(6
types
habitats,
4572
samples)
detects
2561
that
collectively
conferred
24
classes
antibiotics.
We
quantitatively
evaluate
risk
humans,
defined
will
confound
clinical
treatment
pathogens,
these
by
integrating
accessibility,
mobility,
pathogenicity
availability.
Our
results
demonstrate
23.78%
pose
a
risk,
especially
those
which
multidrug
resistance.
also
calculate
antibiotic
samples
four
main
with
machine
learning,
successfully
map
global
marine
over
75%
accuracy.
novel
method
surveilling
help
manage
one
most
important
animal
health.
Cell,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
184(4), С. 1098 - 1109.e9
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2021
Bacteriophages
drive
evolutionary
change
in
bacterial
communities
by
creating
gene
flow
networks
that
fuel
ecological
adaptions.
However,
the
extent
of
viral
diversity
and
its
prevalence
human
gut
remains
largely
unknown.
Here,
we
introduce
Gut
Phage
Database,
a
collection
∼142,000
non-redundant
genomes
(>10
kb)
obtained
mining
dataset
28,060
globally
distributed
metagenomes
2,898
reference
cultured
bacteria.
Host
assignment
revealed
is
highest
Firmicutes
phyla
∼36%
clusters
(VCs)
are
not
restricted
to
single
species,
across
phylogenetically
distinct
species.
Epidemiological
analysis
uncovered
280
VCs
found
at
least
5
continents
highly
prevalent
phage
clade
with
features
reminiscent
p-crAssphage.
This
high-quality,
large-scale
catalog
will
improve
future
virome
studies
enable
bacteriophages.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
11
Опубликована: Март 17, 2021
The
human
gut
microbiome
is
a
huge
microbial
community
that
plays
an
irreplaceable
role
in
life.
With
the
further
development
of
research,
influence
intestinal
flora
on
diseases
has
been
gradually
excavated.
Gut
microbiota
(GM)
dysbiosis
adverse
health
effects
body
will
lead
to
variety
chronic
diseases.
underlying
mechanisms
GM
are
incredibly
complicated.
This
review
focuses
regulation
and
mechanism
neurodegenerative
diseases,
cardiovascular
metabolic
gastrointestinal
thus
providing
potential
target
for
prevention
treatment
disease.