Justine W. Debelius

This paper reviews methods for combining multiple 16S amplicon datasets, finding inconsistent terminology and highlighting challenges in data integration and analysis.

The paper proposes a roadmap for fair reuse of public microbiome data by introducing a Data Reuse Information tag (DRI) to facilitate communication between data creators and consumers.

This paper compares methods for scaffolding multiple regions of the 16S rRNA gene to improve taxonomic resolution, finding that Sidle provides the least bias and most precise species-level resolution.