Nature · 2010

A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

Qin J, Li R, Raes J, Arumugam M, Burgdorf KS, Manichanh C, Nielsen T, Pons N, Levenez F, Yamada T, Mende DR, Li J, Xu J, Li S, Li D, Cao J, Wang B, Liang H, Zheng H, Xie Y, Tap J, Lepage P, Bertalan M, Batto JM, Hansen T, Le Paslier D, Linneberg A, Nielsen HB, Pelletier E, Renault P, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Turner K, Zhu H, Yu C, Li S, Jian M, Zhou Y, Li Y, Zhang X, Li S, Qin N, Yang H, Wang J, Brunak S, Doré J, Guarner F, Kristiansen K, Pedersen O, Parkhill J, Weissenbach J, MetaHIT Consortium, Bork P, Ehrlich SD, Wang J.

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Liam Brown

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Omar Nguyen

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Important contribution to the field.

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Pablo Cohen

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Great figures and clear story.

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Ravi Kim

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Tom Garcia

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Solid methods, convincing results.

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Maya Patel

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Noor Nguyen

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Important contribution to the field.