MicrobiomeCensus estimates human population sizes from wastewater samples based on inter-individual variability in gut microbiomes.

MicrobiomeCensus estimates human population sizes from wastewater samples based on inter-individual variability in gut microbiomes.

The metagenome embedded in urban sewage is an attractive new data source to understand urban ecology and assess human health status at scales beyond a single host. Analyzing the viral fraction of wastewater in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown the potential of wastewater as aggregated samples...

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Main Authors: Lin Zhang, Likai Chen, Xiaoqian Annie Yu, Claire Duvallet, Siavash Isazadeh, Chengzhen Dai, Shinkyu Park, Katya Frois-Moniz, Fabio Duarte, Carlo Ratti, Eric J Alm, Fangqiong Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010472

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010472

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