A Comparison between Transcriptome Sequencing and 16S Metagenomics for Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Wildlife.

• Main Authors: Maria Razzauti (Author), Maxime Galan (Author), Maria Bernard (Author), Sarah Maman (Author), Christophe Klopp (Author), Nathalie Charbonnel (Author), Muriel Vayssier-Taussat (Author), Marc Eloit (Author), Jean-François Cosson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Rodents are major reservoirs of pathogens responsible for numerous zoonotic diseases in humans and livestock. Assessing their microbial diversity at both the individual and population level is crucial for monitoring endemic infections and revealing microbial association patterns within re...