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Overview

Barbara A. Methé is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with specialized focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several research topics, including:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Barbara A. Methé has published in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gastroenterology
  • Nature Communications
  • BMJ Open
  • iScience

Recent papers by Barbara A. Methé include:

  • COVID-19 versus Non-COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Comparison of Demographics, Physiologic Parameters, Inflammatory Biomarkers, and Clinical Outcomes, 2021, Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  • Intractable Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Prolonged Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Replication in a Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Modified T-Cell Therapy Recipient: A Case Study, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Viremia Is Associated With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Severity and Predicts Clinical Outcomes, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiome disturbance and resilience dynamics of the upper respiratory tract during influenza A virus infection, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Respiratory Tract Dysbiosis Is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Barbara A. Methé include:

  • Alison Morris
  • Georgios D. Kitsios
  • Bryan J. McVerry
  • Kelvin Li
  • William Bain

Best Publications

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • Chimeric 16S rRNA sequence formation and detection in Sanger and 454-pyrosequenced PCR amplicons

    Brian J. Haas;Dirk Gevers;Ashlee M. Earl;Mike Feldgarden

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Antibiotics in early life alter the murine colonic microbiome and adiposity

    Ilseung Cho;Shingo Yamanishi;Laura Cox;Barbara A. Methé

  • The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification.

    Dawn Field;George Garrity;Tanya Gray;Norman Morrison

  • Metabolic Reconstruction for Metagenomic Data and Its Application to the Human Microbiome

    Sahar Abubucker;Nicola Segata;Johannes Goll;Alyxandria M. Schubert

  • Genome sequence of the dissimilatory metal ion-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis.

    John F. Heidelberg;Ian T. Paulsen;Karen E. Nelson;Eric J. Gaidos;Eric J. Gaidos

  • A Catalog of Reference Genomes from the Human Microbiome

    Karen E. Nelson;George M. Weinstock;Sarah K. Highlander

  • Genome of Geobacter sulfurreducens: Metal Reduction in Subsurface Environments

    B. A. Methé;K. E. Nelson;Jonathan A Eisen;I. T. Paulsen

  • Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications.

    Pelin Yilmaz;Pelin Yilmaz;Renzo Kottmann;Dawn Field;Rob Knight;Rob Knight

  • The genome sequence of the anaerobic, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

    John F Heidelberg;Rekha Seshadri;Shelley A Haveman;Christopher L Hemme

  • A hydrogen-based subsurface microbial community dominated by methanogens

    Francis H. Chapelle;Kathleen O'Neill;Paul M. Bradley;Barbara A. Methé

  • The psychrophilic lifestyle as revealed by the genome sequence of Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H through genomic and proteomic analyses

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Jody W. Deming;Bahram Momen

  • Genome Sequence of the PCE-Dechlorinating Bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes

    Rekha Seshadri;Lorenz Adrian;Derrick E. Fouts;Jonathan A. Eisen

  • Anode Biofilm Transcriptomics Reveals Outer Surface Components Essential for High Density Current Production in Geobacter sulfurreducens Fuel Cells

    Kelly P Nevin;Byoung-Chan Kim;Richard H Glaven;Jessica P Johnson

  • The Human Microbiome Project: A Community Resource for the Healthy Human Microbiome

    Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Joseph F. Petrosino;Katherine Huang

  • Biochemical and genetic characterization of PpcA, a periplasmic c-type cytochrome in Geobacter sulfurreducens.

    Jon R Lloyd;Ching Leang;Allison L Hodges Myerson;Maddalena V Coppi

  • Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor

    Fumio Inagaki;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Y Kubo;M W Bowles

  • Microarray and genetic analysis of electron transfer to electrodes in Geobacter sulfurreducens

    Dawn E. Holmes;Swades K. Chaudhuri;Kelly P. Nevin;Teena Mehta

  • Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy: The Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)

    Naomi Ward;Øivind Larsen;James Sakwa;Live Bruseth

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley University of Massachusetts Amherst
Karen E. Nelson
Karen E. Nelson J. Craig Venter Institute
Kelly P. Nevin
Kelly P. Nevin University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robert T. DeBoy
Robert T. DeBoy J. Craig Venter Institute
Sean C. Daugherty
Sean C. Daugherty University of Maryland, Baltimore
Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Robert J. Dodson
Robert J. Dodson Northwestern University
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Hoda Khouri
Hoda Khouri J. Craig Venter Institute
Martin J. Blaser
Martin J. Blaser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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