Published in BMC Microbiol on March 31, 2017
Introducing mothur: open-source, platform-independent, community-supported software for describing and comparing microbial communities. Appl Environ Microbiol (2009) 77.55
Cd-hit: a fast program for clustering and comparing large sets of protein or nucleotide sequences. Bioinformatics (2006) 43.68
BLAST+: architecture and applications. BMC Bioinformatics (2009) 36.53
SILVA: a comprehensive online resource for quality checked and aligned ribosomal RNA sequence data compatible with ARB. Nucleic Acids Res (2007) 35.65
Error-correcting barcoded primers for pyrosequencing hundreds of samples in multiplex. Nat Methods (2008) 32.71
Substantial biases in ultra-short read data sets from high-throughput DNA sequencing. Nucleic Acids Res (2008) 26.36
The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools. Nucleic Acids Res (2012) 19.48
Chimeric 16S rRNA sequence formation and detection in Sanger and 454-pyrosequenced PCR amplicons. Genome Res (2011) 17.21
Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms. ISME J (2012) 16.84
Performance comparison of benchtop high-throughput sequencing platforms. Nat Biotechnol (2012) 8.99
Development of a dual-index sequencing strategy and curation pipeline for analyzing amplicon sequence data on the MiSeq Illumina sequencing platform. Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 8.53
Legionella and Legionnaires' disease: 25 years of investigation. Clin Microbiol Rev (2002) 7.42
Sequence-specific error profile of Illumina sequencers. Nucleic Acids Res (2011) 6.88
SINA: accurate high-throughput multiple sequence alignment of ribosomal RNA genes. Bioinformatics (2012) 6.40
Generation of multimillion-sequence 16S rRNA gene libraries from complex microbial communities by assembling paired-end illumina reads. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 6.03
Optimal enzymes for amplifying sequencing libraries. Nat Methods (2011) 3.21
A new approach to utilize PCR-single-strand-conformation polymorphism for 16S rRNA gene-based microbial community analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol (1998) 3.01
Genomic insights to SAR86, an abundant and uncultivated marine bacterial lineage. ISME J (2011) 2.97
Updating benchtop sequencing performance comparison. Nat Biotechnol (2013) 2.66
Contribution of Taq polymerase-induced errors to the estimation of RNA virus diversity. J Gen Virol (1998) 2.38
PCR biases distort bacterial and archaeal community structure in pyrosequencing datasets. PLoS One (2012) 2.31
Optimizing Illumina next-generation sequencing library preparation for extremely AT-biased genomes. BMC Genomics (2012) 2.20
Insight into biases and sequencing errors for amplicon sequencing with the Illumina MiSeq platform. Nucleic Acids Res (2015) 2.04
Infection due to Legionella species other than L. pneumophila. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 2.00
Groundtruthing next-gen sequencing for microbial ecology-biases and errors in community structure estimates from PCR amplicon pyrosequencing. PLoS One (2012) 1.77
The role of replicates for error mitigation in next-generation sequencing. Nat Rev Genet (2013) 1.66
Addressing challenges in the production and analysis of illumina sequencing data. BMC Genomics (2011) 1.49
Quantitative real-time Legionella PCR for environmental water samples: data interpretation. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.44
Explicet: graphical user interface software for metadata-driven management, analysis and visualization of microbiome data. Bioinformatics (2013) 1.38
Composition and dynamics of bacterial communities of a drinking water supply system as assessed by RNA- and DNA-based 16S rRNA gene fingerprinting. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.28
Legionella longbeachae and legionellosis. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.27
Replication levels, false presences and the estimation of the presence/absence from eDNA metabarcoding data. Mol Ecol Resour (2014) 1.27
PCR-induced transitions are the major source of error in cleaned ultra-deep pyrosequencing data. PLoS One (2013) 1.23
Error Rate Comparison during Polymerase Chain Reaction by DNA Polymerase. Mol Biol Int (2014) 1.21
Evaluating bias of illumina-based bacterial 16S rRNA gene profiles. Appl Environ Microbiol (2014) 1.21
Legionellae in engineered systems and use of quantitative microbial risk assessment to predict exposure. Water Res (2011) 1.15
Empirical testing of 16S rRNA gene PCR primer pairs reveals variance in target specificity and efficacy not suggested by in silico analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2009) 1.15
Legionnaires disease in Europe, 2009-2010. Euro Surveill (2013) 1.05
Diagnostic metagenomics: potential applications to bacterial, viral and parasitic infections. Parasitology (2014) 0.99
Legionella detection by culture and qPCR: Comparing apples and oranges. Crit Rev Microbiol (2014) 0.93
The temporal dynamics of bacterial communities across human anterior nares. Environ Microbiol Rep (2011) 0.86
Confirmed and potential sources of legionella reviewed. Environ Sci Technol (2015) 0.86
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) for assessment of microbial water quality: current progress, challenges, and future opportunities. Front Microbiol (2015) 0.84
High-resolution in situ genotyping of Legionella pneumophila populations in drinking water by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis using environmental DNA. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.83
Real-time PCR to supplement gold-standard culture-based detection of Legionella in environmental samples. J Appl Microbiol (2015) 0.83
Seasonal dynamics of bacterial community structure and composition in cold and hot drinking water derived from surface water reservoirs. Water Res (2013) 0.80
Potential applications of next generation DNA sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons in microbial water quality monitoring. Water Sci Technol (2015) 0.78
Recovery of Legionella species from water samples using an internal method based on ISO 11731: suggestions for revision and implementation. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2011) 0.78
Legionella species diversity and dynamics from surface reservoir to tap water: from cold adaptation to thermophily. ISME J (2015) 0.77
A comprehensive method for amplicon-based and metagenomic characterization of viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotes in freshwater samples. Microbiome (2016) 0.76