| Title |
Ancient human oral plaque preserves a wealth of biological data
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Genetics, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/ng.2930 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jessica L Metcalf, Luke K Ursell, Rob Knight |
| Abstract |
A new study explores the ancient oral microbiome from the well-preserved dental calculus samples of four human individuals who lived during medieval times, using a suite of genomic, proteomic and microscopic approaches. The authors investigate the evolution of dental pathogens by reconstructing the genome of the periodontal pathogen Tannerella forsythia and also identify antibiotic resistance genes, bacterial virulence factors and host immune defense proteins. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 42% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| India | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 7 | 58% |
| Members of the public | 5 | 42% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 86 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 24% |
| Researcher | 20 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 36 | 39% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 11% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 17 | 18% |
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