An international consortium reported the results of the largest global urban microbial metagenomics study to date
Cell "Each city has its own microbial'molecular fingerprint'
The results are based on 4,728 samples from six continents, which were collected within 3 years, to characterize regional antimicrobial resistance markers, and to draw the world's first systematic catalog of urban microbial ecosystems
The project began in 2013, when Mason collected and analyzed microbial samples from the subway system in New York City, the United States
The researchers collected samples with cotton swabs that did not contain DNA and RNA, and sent the samples and positive and negative controls to the WCM laboratory for analysis
extreme In 2015, Mason created the International MetaSUB (Metrogenomics and Metadesign of Metro and Urban Biomes) Consortium
This new research has implications for detecting outbreaks of known and unknown microbial infections, as well as studying the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in different urban environments
"There are countless species on the earth, but we only have 100,000 to 200,000 complete and solid genome reference data at this time
These findings also have many potential practical applications
"The next step is to synthesize and verify some of these molecules, and predict BGC, and then see what role they have in medicine or treatment
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