Pilea: profiling bacterial growth dynamics from metagenomes with sketching

By scaling efficiently to comprehensive reference collections such as the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB), Pilea enables large-scale analyses of bacterial growth dynamics across biomes, unlocking new insights for ecological research. Video Abstract.

Authors

Dou Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9098-0855)
Xiaoqing Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3011-6122)
Tong Zhang
Xi Chen
Xianghui Shi
Yunqi Lin

Institutions

University of Hong Kong (HK)

Publication Details

Journal: Microbiome
Published: 2026-03-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-026-02374-0
Primary Topic: Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
Type: article
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Pilea: profiling bacterial growth dynamics from metagenomes with sketching

Dou Wang, Xiaoqing Xu, Tong Zhang, Xi Chen et al.

Mar 14, 2026

Microbiome

Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

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Pilea: profiling bacterial growth dynamics from metagenomes with sketching

Dou Wang, Xiaoqing Xu, Tong Zhang, Xi Chen, Xianghui Shi, Yunqi Lin

March 14, 2026article en

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