Yuxiang Lin

TL;DR: The high accuracy and technical reproducibility confirm the applicability of the new high-throughput sequencing platform BGISEQ-500 for metagenomic studies, though caution is still warranted when combining meetagenomic data from different platforms.

TL;DR: A collection of 1,520 nonredundant, high-quality draft genomes generated from >6,000 bacteria cultivated from fecal samples of healthy humans, chosen to cover all major bacterial phyla and genera in the human gut.

TL;DR: Gut microbiota of premenopausal women exhibited higher microbial diversity and higher abundances of multiple species known to have beneficial effects on host metabolism, with the abundance of Streptococcus gordonii predicting chronological age.

TL;DR: A novel chemical stabilizer that allows cost-effective transportation and storage at room temperature for several days with preservation of bacterial composition is described and will facilitate sample collection even in remote area and also enable transport via normal commercial transportation routes.

TL;DR: The performance of the novel protocol MP matched that of the recommended standardized protocol Q but consumed less time, was more cost-effective, and is recommended for further large-scale human gut metagenomic studies.