Microbial Community Profiling of Human Saliva Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing

Nur A. Hasan; Brian A. Young; Angela T. Minard-Smith; Kelly Saeed; Huai Li; Esley M. Heizer; Nancy J. McMillan; Richard Isom; Abdul Shakur Abdullah; Daniel M. Bornman; Seth A. Faith; Seon Young Choi; Michael L. Dickens; Thomas A. Cebula; Rita R. Colwell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097699

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Microbial Community Profiling of Human Saliva Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing

Nur A. Hasan,

Affiliations CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Brian A. Young,

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Angela T. Minard-Smith,

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Kelly Saeed,

Affiliation CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Huai Li,

Affiliation CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Esley M. Heizer,

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Nancy J. McMillan,

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Richard Isom,

Affiliation CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Abdul Shakur Abdullah,

Affiliation CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Daniel M. Bornman,

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Seth A. Faith,

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Seon Young Choi,

Affiliations CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Michael L. Dickens,

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Thomas A. Cebula,

Affiliations CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Rita R. Colwell

* E-mail: rcolwell@umiacs.umd.edu

Affiliations CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Microbial Community Profiling of Human Saliva Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing

Nur A. Hasan,
Brian A. Young,
Angela T. Minard-Smith,
Kelly Saeed,
Huai Li,
Esley M. Heizer,
Nancy J. McMillan,
Richard Isom,
Abdul Shakur Abdullah,
Daniel M. Bornman

Published: May 20, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097699

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