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In Search of an Uncultured Human-Associated TM7 Bacterium in the Environment, PLoS one (2011)
We have identified an environmental bacterium in the Candidate Division TM7 with ≥98.5% 16S rDNA...
Phylometrics: a pipeline for inferring phylogenetic trees from a sequence relationship network perspective (with Samuel A. Smits), Faculty Publications (2010)
Background
Comparative sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene is frequently used to characterize the...
jsPhyloSVG: A Javascript Library for Visualizing Interactive and Vector-Based Phylogenetic Trees on the Web (with Samuel A. Smits), Faculty Publications (2010)
Background
Many software packages have been developed to address the need for generating phylogenetic trees intended...
Dissecting biological “dark matter” with single-cell genetic analysis of rare and uncultivated TM7 microbes from the human mouth (with Yann Marcy, Elisabeth M. Bik, Tina Lösekann, Natalia Ivanova, Hector Garcia Martin, Ernest Szeto, Darren Platt, Philip Hugenholtz, David A. Relman, and Stephen R. Quake), Faculty Publications (2007)
We have developed a microfluidic device that allows the isolation and genome amplification of individual...
Methanogenic Archaea and human periodontal disease (with Paul W. Lepp, Mary M. Brinig, Katherine Palm, Gary C. Armitage, and David A. Relman), Faculty Publications (2004)
Archaea have been isolated from the human colon, vagina, and oral cavity, but have not...
Single-Cell Enumeration of an Uncultivated TM7 Subgroup in the (with Gary C. Armitage and David A. Relman), Faculty Publications (2003)
Specific oligonucleotide hybridization conditions were established for single-cell enumeration of uncultivated TM7 and IO25 bacteria...
Cultivation of Tropheryma whipplei from Cerebrospinal Fluid (with Matthias Maiwald, Axel von Herbay, David N. Fredricks, Jon C. Kosek, and David A. Relman), Faculty Publications (2003)
Whipple disease (WD) is a systemic disorder caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Since the...
Prevalence of Bacteria of Division TM7 in Human Subgingival Plaque and Their Association with Disease (with Mary M. Brinig, Paul W. Lepp, Gary C. Armitage, and David A. Relman), Faculty Publications (2003)
Members of the uncultivated bacterial division TM7 have been detected in the human mouth, but...
Marine Planktonic Archaea Take Up Amino Acids (with Jed A. Fuhrman), Faculty Publications (2000)
Archaea are traditionally thought of as “extremophiles,” but recent studies have shown that marine planktonic...
Combined Microautoradiography–16S rRNA Probe Technique for Determination of Radioisotope Uptake by Specific Microbial Cell Types In Situ (with Jed A. Fuhrman), Faculty Publications (1999)
We propose a novel method for studying the function of specific microbial groups in situ....
Increase in Fluorescence Intensity of 16S rRNA In Situ Hybridization in Natural Samples Treated with Chloramphenicol (with Jed A. Fuhrman), Faculty Publications (1997)
Despite the numerous advantages of fluorescent in situ hybridization for the identification of single prokaryotic...