Taylor priest
@taylorpriest.bsky.social
NOMIS-ETH fellow at Institute of Microbiology and Center of Origin and Prevalence of Life, ETH Zurich | microbial ecologist interested in diversification, evolution and mobile genetic elements | Parent of a beautiful Briard | food and fitness enthusiast
Glad to see this 🙌 Great job!
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Glad to see this 🙌 Great job!
The final dataset is smaller than the newest mOTUs (version 4) - and of course is a compilation, so doesn't have systematically produced MAGs. However, I think they have done a nice job at integrating and connecting genes to genomes to biomass etc. And the website is very user friendly!
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The final dataset is smaller than the newest mOTUs (version 4) - and of course is a compilation, so doesn't have systematically produced MAGs. However, I think they have done a nice job at integrating and connecting genes to genomes to biomass etc. And the website is very user friendly!
From what I can tell, they pulled SPIRE, mOTUs (version 3) and some other MAG datasets and then additionally processed 14,000 SRA metagenomes (not sure why those 14,000 and it isn't clear in the paper)
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
From what I can tell, they pulled SPIRE, mOTUs (version 3) and some other MAG datasets and then additionally processed 14,000 SRA metagenomes (not sure why those 14,000 and it isn't clear in the paper)
Completely agree!
October 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Completely agree!
The challenge with assessing host specificity in a lab is, 1) not natural conditions
2) limited number of hosts tested (from strain to taxon level). So I think lab experiments can't provide conclusive evidence about host range. But they're crucial for mechanistic understanding of interactions
2) limited number of hosts tested (from strain to taxon level). So I think lab experiments can't provide conclusive evidence about host range. But they're crucial for mechanistic understanding of interactions
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The challenge with assessing host specificity in a lab is, 1) not natural conditions
2) limited number of hosts tested (from strain to taxon level). So I think lab experiments can't provide conclusive evidence about host range. But they're crucial for mechanistic understanding of interactions
2) limited number of hosts tested (from strain to taxon level). So I think lab experiments can't provide conclusive evidence about host range. But they're crucial for mechanistic understanding of interactions