Journal article
A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity
Nature (London), Vol.551(7681), pp.457-463
11/23/2017
DOI: 10.1038/nature24621
PMCID: PMC6192678
PMID: 29088705
Abstract
Our growing awareness of the microbial world's importance and diversity contrasts starkly with our limited understanding of its fundamental structure. Despite recent advances in DNA sequencing, a lack of standardized protocols and common analytical frameworks impedes comparisons among studies, hindering the development of global inferences about microbial life on Earth. Here we present a meta-analysis of microbial community samples collected by hundreds of researchers for the Earth Microbiome Project. Coordinated protocols and new analytical methods, particularly the use of exact sequences instead of clustered operational taxonomic units, enable bacterial and archaeal ribosomal RNA gene sequences to be followed across multiple studies and allow us to explore patterns of diversity at an unprecedented scale. The result is both a reference database giving global context to DNA sequence data and a framework for incorporating data from future studies, fostering increasingly complete characterization of Earth's microbial diversity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity
- Creators
- Luke R Thompson - University of Southern MississippiJon G Sanders - University of California San DiegoDaniel McDonald - University of California San DiegoAmnon Amir - University of California San DiegoJoshua Ladau - Gladstone InstitutesKenneth J Locey - Indiana University BloomingtonRobert J Prill - IBM Research - AlmadenAnupriya Tripathi - University of MontanaSean M Gibbons - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGail Ackermann - University of California San DiegoJose A Navas-Molina - University of California San DiegoStefan Janssen - University of California San DiegoEvguenia Kopylova - University of California San DiegoYoshiki Vázquez-Baeza - University of California San DiegoAntonio González - University of California San DiegoJames T Morton - University of California San DiegoSiavash Mirarab - University of California San DiegoZhenjiang Zech Xu - University of California San DiegoLingjing Jiang - University of California San DiegoMohamed F Haroon - Harvard UniversityJad Kanbar - University of California San DiegoQiyun Zhu - University of California San DiegoSe Jin Song - University of California San DiegoTomasz Kosciolek - University of California San DiegoNicholas A Bokulich - Northern Arizona UniversityJoshua Lefler - University of California San DiegoColin J Brislawn - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryGregory Humphrey - University of California San DiegoSarah M Owens - Argonne National LaboratoryJarrad Hampton-Marcell - Argonne National LaboratoryDonna Berg-Lyons - University of Colorado BoulderValerie McKenzie - University of Colorado BoulderNoah Fierer - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesJed A Fuhrman - University of Southern CaliforniaAaron Clauset - University of Colorado BoulderRick L Stevens - Argonne National LaboratoryAshley Shade - Michigan State UniversityKatherine S Pollard - Gladstone InstitutesKelly D Goodwin - NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoriesJanet K Jansson - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryJack A Gilbert - Argonne National LaboratoryRob Knight - University of California San DiegoEarth Microbiome Project Consortium
- Contributors
- Kristina Guyton (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Surgery
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nature (London), Vol.551(7681), pp.457-463
- DOI
- 10.1038/nature24621
- PMID
- 29088705
- PMCID
- PMC6192678
- NLM abbreviation
- Nature
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- eISSN
- 1476-4687
- Grant note
- R01 AI123037 / NIAID NIH HHS R01 DE024463 / NIDCR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/23/2017
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984322815302771
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