Genomics|Update|Current: Infectious Diseases ► Methods

Genomics|Update|Current

Infectious Diseases

Methods

A reference bacterial genome dataset generated on the MinION™ portable single-molecule nanopore sequencer
Quick J, et al. Gigascience 2014 Oct 20;3:22.

A novel microbead-based microfluidic device for rapid bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing
He J, et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2014 Dec;33(12):2223-30.

Binning metagenomic contigs by coverage and composition
Alneberg J, et al. Nat Methods. 2014 Nov;11(11):1144-6.

Contaminomics: why some microbiome studies may be wrong
Yong E. Not Exactly Rocket Science (National Geographic blog), Nov 11, 2014.

DNA extraction kits contaminated
Grens K, The Scientist, Nov 12, 2014.

Investigating a mystery disease: tales from a viral detective
Lipkin WI. J Virol 2014 Nov 1;88(21):12176-12179.

Keeping it clean: Spotlight on contamination in microbiome studies, 
Walker A. BioMed Central blog, Nov 12, 2014.

Maximum likelihood inference of reticulate evolutionary histories
Yu Y, et al. PNAS, Oct 7, 2014.

Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses
Salter SJ, et al. BMC Biology 2014; 12:87. 

The importance of sample archiving in microbial ecology
Cary SC, Fierer N. Nat Rev Microbiol, Nov 3, 2014.