In this Consensus Statement, a consortium of microbiome scientists discuss current sequencing data sharing policies and propose the use of a Data Reuse Information (DRI) tag to promote equitable and collaborative data sharing.

This is the first study using detailed retrospective medication usage data from electronic health records to systematically assess the long-term effects of medication usage on the gut microbiome. We identified carryover and additive effects on the gut microbiome for a range of antibiotics and non-antibiotic medications, such as benzodiazepine derivatives, antidepressants and glucocorticoids, among others. These findings highlight a collateral effect of diverse drug classes on the gut microbiome, which warrants accounting for long-term medication usage history when assessing disease-microbiome associations.

Over the past decades, medication use has steadily increased worldwide, with individuals frequently taking multiple medications (polypharmacy), often repeatedly over extended periods of time (1). Yet,...

IntroductionHuman breast milk is a sophisticated and complex biological fluid that provides crucial nutritional, immunological, and microbial benefits to inf...

Metagenomic sequencing enables the in-depth study of microbes and their functions in humans, animals and the environment. While sequencing data is deposited in public databases, the associated context...

Metalog is a repository of manually annotated metadata (or contextual data) for metagenomic sequencing data from across the globe.

YouTube video by Lucas Genoma

YouTube video by Lucas Genoma

YouTube video by Lucas Genoma