ArticleCell systems2015
Geospatial Resolution of Human and Bacterial Diversity with City-Scale Metagenomics.
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Ebrahim AfshinnekooDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY) Queens College, Flushing, NY 11367, USA.
Cem MeydanDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Shanin ChowdhuryDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Dyala JaroudiDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Collin BoyerDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Nick BernsteinDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Julia M MaritzCenter for Genomics, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Darryl ReevesDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; Tri-Institutional Program on Computational Biology and Medicine (CBM), New York, NY 10065, USA.
Jorge GandaraDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Sagar ChhangawalaDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Sofia AhsanuddinDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; CUNY Brooklyn College, Department of Biology, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
Amber SimmonsDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Timothy NesselCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
Bharathi SundareshCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
Elizabeth PereiraCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
Ellen JorgensenGenspace Community Laboratory, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA.
Sergios-Orestis KolokotronisDepartment of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA.
Nell KirchbergerDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Isaac GarciaDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
David GandaraDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Sean DhanrajCUNY Brooklyn College, Department of Biology, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
Tanzina NawrinCUNY Brooklyn College, Department of Biology, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
Yogesh SaletoreDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; Tri-Institutional Program on Computational Biology and Medicine (CBM), New York, NY 10065, USA.
Noah AlexanderDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Priyanka VijayDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; Tri-Institutional Program on Computational Biology and Medicine (CBM), New York, NY 10065, USA.
Elizabeth M HénaffDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Paul ZumboDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Michael WalshState University of New York, Downstate, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Gregory D O'MullanSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY) Queens College, Flushing, NY 11367, USA.
Scott TigheUniversity of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Joel T DudleyIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Anya DunaifRockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Sean EnnisAcademic Centre on Rare Diseases, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin 4, Ireland ; National Centre for Medical Genetics, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin 12, Ireland.
Eoghan O'HalloranAcademic Centre on Rare Diseases, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin 4, Ireland.
Tiago R MagalhaesAcademic Centre on Rare Diseases, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin 4, Ireland ; National Centre for Medical Genetics, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin 12, Ireland.
Braden BooneHudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA.
Angela L JonesHudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA.
Theodore R MuthCUNY Brooklyn College, Department of Biology, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
Katie Schneider PaolantonioCenter for Genomics, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Elizabeth AlterCUNY York College, Jamaica, NY 11451, USA.
Eric E SchadtIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Jeanne GarbarinoRockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Robert J PrillAccelerated Discovery Lab, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA 95120, USA.
Jane M CarltonCenter for Genomics, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Shawn LevyHudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA.
Christopher E MasonDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA ; The Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Funding
Rapid Identification and Quantification of Organisms from Heterogeneous DNAF31GM111053 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI REEVES, DARRYL ANDREW · 2014 to 2016
$108kNIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM111053
Abstract
The panoply of microorganisms and other species present in our environment influence human health and disease, especially in cities, but have not been profiled with metagenomics at a city-wide scale. We sequenced DNA from surfaces across the entire New York City (NYC) subway system, the Gowanus Canal, and public parks. Nearly half of the DNA (48%) does not match any known organism; identified organisms spanned 1,688 bacterial, viral, archaeal, and eukaryotic taxa, which were enriched for harmless genera associated with skin (e.g.,
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