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ArticleJournal of biomolecular techniques : JBT2023

Analysis of Microbiomes from Ultra-Low Biomass Surfaces Using Novel Surface Sampling and Nanopore Sequencing.

Anna C Simpson, Scott Tighe, Season Wong, Patrick Leo, Ceth Parker, Atul M Chander, Michael Williams, Hao-Wei Wu, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Nitin K Singh

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Article in Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anna C SimpsonJet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group PasadenaCalifornia91109 USA.
Scott TigheVermont Integrative Genomics University of Vermont BurlingtonVermont.
Season WongAI Biosciences, Inc. College Station Texas.
Patrick LeoJet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group PasadenaCalifornia91109 USA.
Ceth ParkerJet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group PasadenaCalifornia91109 USA.
Atul M ChanderJet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group PasadenaCalifornia91109 USA.
Michael WilliamsJet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group PasadenaCalifornia91109 USA.
Hao-Wei WuAI Biosciences, Inc. College Station Texas.
Kasthuri VenkateswaranJet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group PasadenaCalifornia91109 USA.
Nitin K SinghJet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group PasadenaCalifornia91109 USA.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory · USAI Biosciences (United States) · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid assessment of microbiomes from ultra-low biomass environments such as cleanrooms or hospital operating rooms has a number of applications for human health and spacecraft manufacturing. Current techniques often employ lengthy protocols using short-read DNA sequencing technology to analyze amplified DNA and have the disadvantage of a longer analysis time and lack of portability. Here, we demonstrate a rapid (~24 hours) on-site nanopore-based sequencing approach to characterize the microbiome of a NASA Class 100K cleanroom where spacecraft components are assembled. This approach employs a modified protocol of Oxford Nanopore's Rapid PCR Barcoding Kit in combination with the recently developed Squeegee-Aspirator for Large Sampling Area (SALSA) surface sampling device. Results for these ultra-low biomass samples revealed DNA amplification ~1 to 2 orders of magnitude above process control samples and were dominated primarily by

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MicrobiotaNanopore SequencingBiomassDNAHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansIndicators and ReagentsSequence Analysis, DNADNAIndicators and Reagentslow-biomass DNAmicrobiome surface samplingnanopore sequencingrapid PCR barcodingspacecraft assembly facility

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PMID37969875
PMCPMC10644977
OpenAlexW4385740708

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