Project description:Soil is an inherently complex matrix and as such, we believe when performing culture-independent microbial community analyses using the 'omics' suite of tools, all biomolecules investigated should be co-extracted from the same biological sample. To this end, we developed a robust, cost-effective DNA, RNA and protein co-extraction method for soil. The samples deposited here represent 3 biological replicates from one of eight soil types tested in this work.
Project description:One of the cornerstones of an effective biodefense strategy is the ability to detect infectious agents with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity in the context of a complex sample background. The nature of the B. anthracis genome, however, renders specific detection difficult, due to close homology with B. cereus and B. thuringiensis. We therefore elected to determine the efficacy of next-generation sequencing analysis and microarrays for detection of B. anthracis in an environmental background. We applied next-generation sequencing to titrated genome copy numbers of B. anthracis in the presence of background nucleic acid extracted from aerosol and soil samples. We found next-generation sequencing to be capable of detecting as few as 10 genomic equivalents of B. anthracis DNA per nanogram of background nucleic acid. Detection was accomplished by mapping reads to either a defined subset of reference genomes or to the full GenBank database. Moreover, sequence data obtained from B. anthracis could be reliably distinguished from sequence data mapping to either B. cereus or B. thuringiensis. We also demonstrated the efficacy of a microbial census microarray in detecting B. anthracis in the same samples, representing a cost-effective and high-throughput approach, complementary to next-generation sequencing. This Series contains the NimbleGen array data only (no next-generation sequencing data). B. anthracis DNA was spiked at 6 different concentrations (1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000 and 100000 genome copies) into 1 ng of background nucleic acids extracted either from a soil sample or from an aerosol (air filter) sample. Two replicates of each combination of B. anthracis copy number and background sample were analyzed.
Project description:Soil water repellency (SWR) (i.e. soil hydrophobicity or decreased soil wettability) is a major cause of global soil degradation and a key agricultural concern. This metabolomics data will support the larger effort measuring soil water repellency and soil aggregate formation caused by microbial community composition through a combination of the standard drop penetration test, transmission electron microscopy characterization and physico-chemical analyses of soil aggregates at 6 timepoints. Model soils created from clay/sand mixtures as described in Kallenbach et al. (2016, Nature Communications) with sterile, ground pine litter as a carbon/nitrogen source were inoculated with 15 different microbial communities known to have significantly different compositions based on 16S rRNA sequencing. This data will allow assessment of the direct influence of microbial community composition on soil water repellency and soil aggregate stability, which are main causes of soil degradation.
The work (proposal:https://doi.org/10.46936/10.25585/60001346) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (https://ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
Project description:Evaluation of different strategies to interpret metaproteomics data acquired on soil samples from a floodplain along the Seine River (France) incorporating sample-specific metagenomics data, soil genome catalogue database, and generic sequence database.
Project description:Primary objectives: The primary objective is to investigate circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) via deep sequencing for mutation detection and by whole genome sequencing for copy number analyses before start (baseline) with regorafenib and at defined time points during administration of regorafenib for treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer patients in terms of overall survival (OS).
Primary endpoints: circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) via deep sequencing for mutation detection and by whole genome sequencing for copy number analyses before start (baseline) with regorafenib and at defined time points during administration of regorafenib for treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer patients in terms of overall survival (OS).
Project description:The experiment at three long-term agricultural experimental stations (namely the N, M and S sites) across northeast to southeast China was setup and operated by the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This experiment belongs to an integrated project (The Soil Reciprocal Transplant Experiment, SRTE) which serves as a platform for a number of studies evaluating climate and cropping effects on soil microbial diversity and its agro-ecosystem functioning. Soil transplant serves as a proxy to simulate climate change in realistic climate regimes. Here, we assessed the effects of soil type, soil transplant and landuse changes on soil microbial communities, which are key drivers in Earth’s biogeochemical cycles.
Project description:To study the soil mcirobial functional communities and the nutrient cycles couplings changes after exposure to different contaminant