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A. Z. Fire

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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I. N. Zheludev· 2 shared A. Babaian· 1 shared A. S. Bhatt· 1 shared D. J. Lipman· 1 shared J. L. Cherry· 1 shared M. De la Pena· 1 shared M. J. L. Galiano· 1 shared R. C. Edgar· 1 shared

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I. N. Zheludev

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Viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes

I. N. Zheludev, R. C. Edgar, M. J. L. Galiano, M. De la Pena, A. Babaian, A. S. Bhatt, A. Z. Fire

The paper identifies a new class of viroid-like elements, Obelisks, prevalent in human microbiomes and capable of persistent colonization.

Cell · Nov 1, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Restriction Endonuclease-based Modification-Dependent Enrichment (REMoDE) of DNA for Metagenomic Sequencing

S. U. Enam, J. L. Cherry, S. R. Leonard, I. N. Zheludev, D. J. Lipman, A. Z. Fire

This paper introduces a method to enrich DNA from specific organisms in metagenomic samples using restriction endonucleases and methylated motifs, achieving 11- to 142-fold enrichment for Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2022Microbiology