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To establish a standardized analytical framework and global reference database for tracking and comparing bacterial and archaeal diversity across varied environments.

October 31, 2017Civil War Book ReviewOpen Access

A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity

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LTLuke Thompson JSJon G. Sanders DMDaniel McDonald

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Meta-analysis reveals multiscale patterns of bacterial and archaeal diversity across global environments, highlighting a standardized reference framework for future microbiome research.

Key Points

To establish a standardized analytical framework and global reference database for tracking and comparing bacterial and archaeal diversity across varied environments.
Conducted a large-scale meta-analysis of microbial community samples gathered across multiple global ecosystems by the Earth Microbiome Project.
Standardized sampling and sequencing protocols across collaborating laboratories.
Analyzed bacterial and archaeal ribosomal RNA gene sequences utilizing exact sequence variants rather than clustered operational taxonomic units.
Produced a comprehensive reference database that successfully contextualizes DNA sequence data across diverse ecosystems on an unprecedented scale.
Established an extensible analytical framework that enables integration of future sequencing datasets into a unified model of global microbial diversity.

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Thompson et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7efe73eff0c9dfaae2ae9 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24621

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October 31, 2017Civil War Book ReviewOpen Access

A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity

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Authors

LTLuke Thompson JSJon G. Sanders DMDaniel McDonald

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Overview

Meta-analysis reveals multiscale patterns of bacterial and archaeal diversity across global environments, highlighting a standardized reference framework for future microbiome research.

Key Points

To establish a standardized analytical framework and global reference database for tracking and comparing bacterial and archaeal diversity across varied environments.
Conducted a large-scale meta-analysis of microbial community samples gathered across multiple global ecosystems by the Earth Microbiome Project.
Standardized sampling and sequencing protocols across collaborating laboratories.
Analyzed bacterial and archaeal ribosomal RNA gene sequences utilizing exact sequence variants rather than clustered operational taxonomic units.
Produced a comprehensive reference database that successfully contextualizes DNA sequence data across diverse ecosystems on an unprecedented scale.
Established an extensible analytical framework that enables integration of future sequencing datasets into a unified model of global microbial diversity.

Cite This Study

Thompson et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7efe73eff0c9dfaae2ae9 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24621

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