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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Uniform pre-processing of bacterial single-cell RNA-seq.

Conrad Oakes, Vera Beilinson, Margaret J McFall-Ngai, Lior Pachter

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Conrad OakesDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8936-055X
Vera BeilinsonDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1259-733X
Margaret J McFall-NgaiDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6046-6238
Lior PachterDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9164-6231

Funding

Vibrio fischeri as a Model for Bacterial ColonizationR37AI050661 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI MARGARET J MC FALL-NGAI, Edward G Ruby · 2018 to 2026
$5.4M
Vibrio fischeri as a model of Bacterial ColonizationR01AI050661 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MC FALL-NGAI, MARGARET J, RUBY, EDWARD G · 2002 to 2016
$5.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050661NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI050661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria are highly heterogeneous, even under controlled conditions, making single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) essential for studying microbial diversity and symbiosis. Since its first application in 2015, bacterial scRNA-seq has expanded, but different assays depend on distinct, custom, in-house pre-processing making it difficult to analyze data as part of a unified workflow. The kallisto-bustools suite of tools has enabled uniform pre-processing of eukaryotic scRNA-seq while also reducing time and resource demands for pre-processing, but is not optimized for bacterial scRNA-seq. We adapt kallisto-bustools to be suitable for reads generated from operons, as well as for a much shorter gene length distribution, and show that it can efficiently and accurately quantify bacterial scRNA-seq. Our work provides a scalable foundation for uniform pre-processing of microbial single-cell transcriptomics.

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