Metagenome

"Metagenome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A collective genome representative of the many organisms, primarily microorganisms, existing in a community.

Descriptor ID	D054892
MeSH Number(s)	G05.360.340.550
Concept/Terms	Metagenome Metagenome Metagenomes

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Biological Sciences [G]
Genetic Phenomena [G05]
Genetic Structures [G05.360]
Genome [G05.360.340]
Metagenome [G05.360.340.550]

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Bar chart showing 29 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2011 and 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	3	0	3
2011	4	3	7
2012	5	2	7
2013	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	2	2
2019	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	1	1	2
2025	0	1	1

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Rahimlou S, Amend AS, James TY. Malassezia in environmental studies is derived from human inputs. mBio. 2025 Jun 11; 16(6):e0114225.

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Shahar S, Sant KE, Allsing N, Kelley ST. Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities and antibiotic resistant genes in the Tijuana river, and potential sources. Environ Pollut. 2024 Feb 01; 342:123067.

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Highlander SK, Wood JM, Gillece JD, Folkerts M, Fofanov V, Furstenau T, Singh NK, Guan L, Seuylemezian A, Benardini JN, Engelthaler DM, Venkateswaran K, Keim PS. Multi-faceted metagenomic analysis of spacecraft associated surfaces reveal planetary protection relevant microbial composition. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0282428.

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Furstenau TN, Schneider T, Shaffer I, Vazquez AJ, Sahl J, Fofanov V. MTSv: rapid alignment-based taxonomic classification and high-confidence metagenomic analysis. PeerJ. 2022; 10:e14292.

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Copeland JK, Chao G, Vanderhout S, Acton E, Wang PW, Benchimol EI, El Sohami A, Croitoru K, Gommerman JL, Guttman DS. The Impact of Migration on the Gut Metagenome of South Asian Canadians. Gut Microbes. 2021 Jan-Dec; 13(1):1-29.

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Cocking JH, Deberg M, Schupp J, Sahl J, Wiggins K, Porty A, Hornstra HM, Hepp C, Jardine C, Furstenau TN, Schulte-Hostedde A, Fofanov VY, Pearson T. Selective whole genome amplification and sequencing of Coxiella burnetii directly from environmental samples. Genomics. 2020 03; 112(2):1872-1878.

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Denman S, Doonan J, Ransom-Jones E, Broberg M, Plummer S, Kirk S, Scarlett K, Griffiths AR, Kaczmarek M, Forster J, Peace A, Golyshin PN, Hassard F, Brown N, Kenny JG, McDonald JE. Microbiome and infectivity studies reveal complex polyspecies tree disease in Acute Oak Decline. ISME J. 2018 02; 12(2):386-399.

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Potter C, Freeman C, Golyshin PN, Ackermann G, Fenner N, McDonald JE, Ehbair A, Jones TG, Murphy LM, Creer S. Subtle shifts in microbial communities occur alongside the release of carbon induced by drought and rewetting in contrasting peatland ecosystems. Sci Rep. 2017 09 12; 7(1):11314.

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Dominguez-Bello MG, De Jesus-Laboy KM, Shen N, Cox LM, Amir A, Gonzalez A, Bokulich NA, Song SJ, Hoashi M, Rivera-Vinas JI, Mendez K, Knight R, Clemente JC. Partial restoration of the microbiota of cesarean-born infants via vaginal microbial transfer. Nat Med. 2016 Mar; 22(3):250-3.

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Nasrollahzadeh D, Malekzadeh R, Ploner A, Shakeri R, Sotoudeh M, Fahimi S, Nasseri-Moghaddam S, Kamangar F, Abnet CC, Winckler B, Islami F, Boffetta P, Brennan P, Dawsey SM, Ye W. Variations of gastric corpus microbiota are associated with early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and squamous dysplasia. Sci Rep. 2015 Mar 06; 5:8820.

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