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PEERJ
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PEERJ INC
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5882
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Genomes; Metagenomics; Limit of detection
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- USDA [2030-42000-046-10]
- US National Science Foundation [1356288]
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1356288] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Accurate detection of target microbial species in metagenomic datasets from environmental samples remains limited because the limit of detection of current methods is typically inaccessible and the frequency of false-positives, resulting from inadequate identification of regions of the genome that are either too highly conserved to be diagnostic (e.g., rRNA genes) or prone to frequent horizontal genetic exchange (e.g., mobile elements) remains unknown. To overcome these limitations, we introduce imGLAD, which aims to detect (target) genomic sequences in metagenomic datasets. imGLAD achieves high accuracy because it uses the sequence-discrete population concept for discriminating between metagenomic reads originating from the target organism compared to reads from co-occurring close relatives, masks regions of the genome that are not informative using the MyTaxa engine, and models both the sequencing breadth and depth to determine relative abundance and limit of detection. We validated imGLAD by analyzing metagenomic datasets derived from spinach leaves inoculated with the enteric pathogen Escherichia coli O157:H7 and showed that its limit of detection can be comparable to that of PCR-based approaches for these samples (similar to 1 cell/gram).
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