Surprising diversity of new plasmids in bacteria isolated from hemorrhoid patients
This study reveals that the diversity of plasmids in human-associated microbes has been underestimated. With the decreasing cost of whole-genome sequencing, monitoring plasmids deserves increased attention in future surveillance efforts.
Authors
- Wenlong Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5590)
- Xiang‐Yu Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1341-1004)
- Zhaopeng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-8028)
- Jiaming Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-9345)
- Yihua Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5561-0648)
- Ling Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6804-8143)
- Wenya Su
- Mingyu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9177-9509)
Institutions
- Shandong University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18023
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China