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Avoiding Pandemic Fears in the Subway and Conquering the Platypus

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Metagenomics is increasingly used not just to show patterns of microbial diversity but also as a culture-independent method to detect individual organisms of intense clinical, epidemiological, conservation, forensic, or regulatory interest. A widely reported metagenomic study of the New York subway suggested that the pathogens Yersinia pestis and Bacillus anthracis were part of the “normal subway microbiome.”

Source: mSystems

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00050-16

Authors: A. Gonzalez, Y. Vázquez-Baeza, J. B. Pettengill, A. Ottesen, D. McDonald, R. Knight

Institutions: University of California San Diego, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Institute for Systems Biology

Language: English

Topic: Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,500