Metagenome-Assembled Genomes Isolated from a Human Fecal Diarrhea Sample

Tshepiso Pleasure Ateba; Kazeem Adekunle Alayande; Ngoma Lubanza; Mulunda Mwanza

doi:10.1128/MRA.00234-21

Metagenome-Assembled Genomes Isolated from a Human Fecal Diarrhea Sample

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 13;10(19):e00234-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00234-21.

Authors

Tshepiso Pleasure Ateba¹, Kazeem Adekunle Alayande², Ngoma Lubanza³, Mulunda Mwanza³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Mafikeng Campus, North West University, Mmabatho, South Africa 16100581@nwu.ac.za.
² Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Mafikeng Campus, North West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.
³ Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Mafikeng Campus, North West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.

Abstract

Diarrheal infection is the second leading infectious disease that is killing children under the age of 5 years. This study investigates the microbial community within a fecal sample from a diarrhea-affected child through shotgun metagenomic sequencing.