Experiments

Searchable full-text extractions: founding hypothesis, core claims, experimental setups, key results and statistics — pulled out of each paper as structure. Search a cell line, an assay or an entity (e.g. HUH7) and find every paper that worked with it. This corpus stands on its own: most entries carry no reproduction assessment (yet).

• Comparative Metagenomic Analysis of Biosynthetic Diversity across Sponge Microbiomes Highlights Metabolic Novelty, Conservation, and Diversification.

  PMID 35862823 · PMC9426513 · mSystems · 2022 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  The vast majority of recovered gene cluster families (GCFs) in sponge microbiomes show no similarity to any characterized BGC, revealing extreme biosynthetic novelty

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• Metagenomic Comparison of Bat Colony Resistomes Across Anthropogenic and Pristine Habitats.

  PMID 41594088 · PMC12838372 · Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Anthropogenic exposure enhances the diversity and evenness of resistance mechanisms within bat-associated microbiomes, increasing their potential as AMR reservoirs.

  bat mag-derived shotgun metagenome arg

• Dynamics of gut bacteriophage in diversity outbred mice studied over lifespan and during extreme caloric restriction.

  PMID 41772715 · PMC12983593 · Microbiome · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Quiescent prophages dominate gut viral metagenomes, consistent with 'piggyback-the-winner' dynamics

  fecal metagenomic custom subset shotgun viral kraken2-based

• Dental Plaque Microbial Resistomes of Periodontal Health and Disease and Their Changes after Scaling and Root Planing Therapy.

  PMID 34287005 · PMC8386447 · mSphere · 2021 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Periodontitis significantly alters dental plaque microbial community diversity and structure compared to healthy and treated states

  dental metagenomic taxonomic arg

• Grass supplementation to a pellet-based diet fails to enrich gut microbiomes with wild-like functions in captive-bred hares.

  PMID 41784373 · PMC13055366 · Microbiology spectrum · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Significant taxonomic and functional differences exist between the gut microbiota of wild and captive-bred European hares

  fecal gut mag mags shotgun alpha differential

• What defines a photosynthetic microbial mat in western Antarctica?

  PMID 40043057 · PMC11882083 · PloS one · 2025 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  Taxonomic composition of Antarctic microbial mat communities is characterized by similar bacterial groups across regions

  microbial quality-filtered overflowing shotgun taxonomic alpha

• Gut microbiome signatures associated with depression and obesity.

  PMID 41615149 · PMC13011431 · mSystems · 2026 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  Taxonomic gut microbiome profiles classify depressed vs non-depressed subjects with a balanced accuracy of 0.90 using machine learning

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• Metapangenomics of wild and cultivated banana microbiome reveals a plethora of host-associated protective functions.

  PMID 37085932 · PMC10120106 · Environmental microbiome · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Root and corm endosphere communities are significantly richer and compositionally distinct from leaf endosphere communities across Musa genotypes

  root musa assembled prokka-annotated shotgun culture-free metagenome

• A comparison of random sequence reads versus 16S rDNA sequences for estimating the biodiversity of a metagenomic library.

  PMID 18682527 · PMC2532719 · Nucleic acids research · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Biodiversity observed by RSR analysis is consistent with that obtained by 16S rDNA analysis

  faecal rsr 16s sargasso shotgun blastn-based 16s

• Shotgun metagenomic analysis of the oral microbiomes of children with noma.

  PMID 41860897 · PMC13029773 · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Noma oral microbiomes show marked dysbiosis with significant enrichment of Treponema, Porphyromonas, and Bacteroides, and depletion of Streptococcus and Rothia, compared to healthy controls

  oral saliva noma previously shotgun comparative metagenome

• Mining the equine gut metagenome: poorly-characterized taxa associated with cardiovascular fitness in endurance athletes.

  PMID 36192523 · PMC9529974 · Communications biology · 2022 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Built an integrated horse gut microbiome gene catalog (~25 million unique genes) and 372 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) spanning 4179 genera and 95 phyla

  fecal horse dominant plasma shotgun taxonomic functional

• Metagenomic analysis of respiratory tract DNA viral communities in cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis individuals.

  PMID 19816605 · PMC2756586 · PloS one · 2009 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CF phage communities are highly similar to each other, whereas Non-CF individuals have more distinct, variable phage communities reflecting transient environmental sampling

  sputum phage metagenomes inferred metagenomic functional diversity

• Estimating biodiversity across the tree of life on Mount Everest's southern flank with environmental DNA.

  PMID 36148432 · PMC9486557 · iScience · 2022 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  eDNA from ten high-alpine ponds and streams (4,500-5,500 m) on Mt. Everest's southern flank revealed 187 potential orders from 36 phyla across the Tree of Life.

  edna khumbu genome metabarcoding satellite

• Insights into the evolution of cotton diploids and polyploids from whole-genome re-sequencing.

  PMID 23979935 · PMC3789805 · G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2013 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  An index of 23,859,893 (~24 million) homoeo-SNPs distinguishing A-genome from D-genome cotton was constructed at a density of one SNP per 32.3 bases of the D5 reference.

  gossypium longicalyx nine diploids whole-genome wgs read

• Genome sequence, comparative analysis, and population genetics of the domestic horse.

  PMID 19892987 · PMC3785132 · Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2009 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Produced a high-quality draft genome assembly of the domestic horse (EquCab2.0)

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• Evaluation of the bacterial diversity among and within individual venous leg ulcers using bacterial tag-encoded FLX and titanium amplicon pyrosequencing and metagenomic approaches.

  PMID 19860898 · PMC2773781 · BMC microbiology · 2009 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  VLU infections are polymicrobial with no single bacterium colonizing the wounds

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• Impact of differential dietary concentrations of cobalt, manganese and zinc on gastrointestinal microbiome and resistome of lactating dairy cattle.

  PMID 41882801 · PMC13137713 · Animal microbiome · 2026 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  Surplus TM feeding did not significantly affect overall microbial diversity (richness, phylogenetic diversity, evenness) in any sampled matrix

  rumen pooled dietary 16s shotgun droplet

• Dual-platform metagenomic surveillance distinguishes pathogen and resistome hotspots across agricultural and mixed-use watersheds.

  PMID 41890980 · PMC13015239 · One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Agricultural drainage ditches consistently harbor higher fecal-associated bacterial diversity than mixed-use or forested sites, with pronounced seasonal shifts (higher during spring/fall high-flow periods).

  surface shotgun trimmed co-assembled 16s shotgun short-read

• Large-scale estimation of bacterial and archaeal DNA prevalence in metagenomes reveals biome-specific patterns.

  PMID 41854267 · PMC13098197 · mSystems · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  SPF scalably and robustly estimates the fraction of bacterial and archaeal reads in a metagenome using detection of prokaryotic single-copy marker genes, without requiring eukaryotic or viral reference genomes

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• Microbial metagenomics.

  PMID 16207365 · PMC1257460 · Genome biology · 2005 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Metagenomic sequencing of the human GI tract reveals microbial community composition (e.g., Actinobacteria and Archaea prominence) differing from prior culture-based estimates dominated by Firmicutes and Bacteroides

  gastrointestinal acid ocean group metagenomic shotgun comparative