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ArticleCell reports methods2022

Enrichment of gut microbiome strains for cultivation-free genome sequencing using droplet microfluidics.

Anna Pryszlak, Tobias Wenzel, Kiley West Seitz, Falk Hildebrand, Ece Kartal, Marco Raffaele Cosenza, Vladimir Benes, Peer Bork, Christoph A Merten

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Single-cell analysis and spatial resolution of the gut microbiome.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Anna PryszlakEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tobias WenzelEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Kiley West SeitzEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Falk HildebrandEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ece KartalEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Marco Raffaele CosenzaEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Vladimir BenesEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Peer BorkEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christoph A MertenEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEMax Delbrück Center · DEPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLQuadram Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R012490/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/000PR10353Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/000PR10355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a droplet microfluidic method to target and sort individual cells directly from complex microbiome samples and to prepare these cells for bulk whole-genome sequencing without cultivation. We characterize this approach by recovering bacteria spiked into human stool samples at a ratio as low as 1:250 and by successfully enriching endogenous

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaGenomicsHumansMicrofluidicsSequence Analysis, DNAbacteriadroplet microfluidicsfunctional analysisgenomegenomicsgut microbiomemetagenomicssingle-cell analysis

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PMID35118437
PMCPMC8787643
OpenAlexW3168640059

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