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Description: The bacteria that colonize humans and our built environments have the potential to influence our health. Microbial communities associated with seven families and their homes over 6 weeks were assessed, including three families that moved their home. Microbial communities differed substantially among homes, and the home microbiome was largely sourced from humans. The microbiota in each home were identifiable by family. Network analysis identified humans as the primary bacterial vector, and a Bayesian method significantly matched individuals to their dwellings. Draft genomes of potential human pathogens observed on a kitchen counter could be matched to the hands of occupants. After a house move, the microbial community in the new house rapidly converged on the microbial community of the occupants' former house, suggesting rapid colonization by the family's microbiota.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337996/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337996/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lax, Simon -- Smith, Daniel P -- Hampton-Marcell, Jarrad -- Owens, Sarah M -- Handley, Kim M -- Scott, Nicole M -- Gibbons, Sean M -- Larsen, Peter -- Shogan, Benjamin D -- Weiss, Sophie -- Metcalf, Jessica L -- Ursell, Luke K -- Vazquez-Baeza, Yoshiki -- Van Treuren, Will -- Hasan, Nur A -- Gibson, Molly K -- Colwell, Rita -- Dantas, Gautam -- Knight, Rob -- Gilbert, Jack A -- DP2 DK098089/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- DP2-DK-098089/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- P01 DK078669/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 HG004872/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM008759/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- U01 HG004866/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2014 Aug 29;345(6200):1048-52. doi: 10.1126/science.1254529.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. ; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. ; Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. Computation Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. ; Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. ; Department of Bioscience, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. ; Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. ; Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. ; Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. ; Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. ; Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. ; CosmosID, 387 Technology Drive, Suite 3119, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD 20742, USA. ; Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA. Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. ; Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80304, USA. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. ; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. gilbertjack@anl.gov.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170151" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉

Description: Vertebrate corpse decomposition provides an important stage in nutrient cycling in most terrestrial habitats, yet microbially mediated processes are poorly understood. Here we combine deep microbial community characterization, community-level metabolic reconstruction, and soil biogeochemical assessment to understand the principles governing microbial community assembly during decomposition of mouse and human corpses on different soil substrates. We find a suite of bacterial and fungal groups that contribute to nitrogen cycling and a reproducible network of decomposers that emerge on predictable time scales. Our results show that this decomposer community is derived primarily from bulk soil, but key decomposers are ubiquitous in low abundance. Soil type was not a dominant factor driving community development, and the process of decomposition is sufficiently reproducible to offer new opportunities for forensic investigations.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Metcalf, Jessica L -- Xu, Zhenjiang Zech -- Weiss, Sophie -- Lax, Simon -- Van Treuren, Will -- Hyde, Embriette R -- Song, Se Jin -- Amir, Amnon -- Larsen, Peter -- Sangwan, Naseer -- Haarmann, Daniel -- Humphrey, Greg C -- Ackermann, Gail -- Thompson, Luke R -- Lauber, Christian -- Bibat, Alexander -- Nicholas, Catherine -- Gebert, Matthew J -- Petrosino, Joseph F -- Reed, Sasha C -- Gilbert, Jack A -- Lynne, Aaron M -- Bucheli, Sibyl R -- Carter, David O -- Knight, Rob -- 3 R01 HG004872-03S2/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- 5 U01 HG004866-04/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2016 Jan 8;351(6269):158-62. doi: 10.1126/science.aad2646. Epub 2015 Dec 10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037, USA. robknight@ucsd.edu jessica.metcalf@colorado.edu. ; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037, USA. ; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. ; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, 900 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 606037, USA. ; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. ; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037, USA. ; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. ; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, A27 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. ; Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77340, USA. ; Nestle Institute of Health Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Batiment H, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. ; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. ; Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. ; U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT 84532, USA. ; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, 900 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 606037, USA. Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, A27 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL St, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA. ; Laboratory of Forensic Taphonomy, Forensic Sciences Unit, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI 96816, USA. ; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037, USA. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037, USA. robknight@ucsd.edu jessica.metcalf@colorado.edu.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26657285" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉

Description: Somatic oncogenic mutations in the receptor tyrosine kinase KIT function as major drivers of gastrointestinal stromal tumors and a subset of acute myeloid leukemia, melanoma, and other cancers. Although treatment of these cancers with tyrosine kinase inhibitors shows dramatic responses and durable disease control, drug resistance followed by clinical progression...