Bringing the Dynamic Microbiome to Life with Animations

Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza; Antonio Gonzalez; Larry Smarr; Daniel McDonald; James T Morton; Jose A Navas-Molina; Rob Knight

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.009

Bringing the Dynamic Microbiome to Life with Animations

Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Jan 11;21(1):7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.009.

Authors

Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza¹, Antonio Gonzalez², Larry Smarr³, Daniel McDonald², James T Morton¹, Jose A Navas-Molina¹, Rob Knight⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0404, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
³ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0404, USA; California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0436, USA.
⁴ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0404, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: robknight@ucsd.edu.

PMID: 28081445
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.009

Abstract

Our bodies and natural environment contain complex microbial communities, colloquially termed microbiomes. We previously created a web-based application, EMPeror, for visualizing ordinations derived from comparisons of these microbiome communities. We have now improved EMPeror to create interactive animations that connect successive samples to highlight patterns over time.

MeSH terms

Clostridioides difficile / genetics
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / transmission
Humans
Internet*
Metagenome / genetics*
Microbiota / genetics*