Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Microbial Classification System

Microbial Classification System

Classification is the process of organizing organisms into hierarchically inclusive groups based on their phenotypic similarities or evolutionary relationships. A species comprises one or more strains, and closely related species are grouped into genera. Genera are further classified into families, families into orders, orders into classes, and so forth, up to the domain level, which is the broadest taxonomic rank derived from a combination of phenotypic and genotypic data.The nomenclature of...

Factors Affecting Renal Clearance: Drug Distribution and Drug Interactions

Factors Affecting Renal Clearance: Drug Distribution and Drug Interactions

Renal clearance plays a pivotal role in drug elimination from the body and can be influenced by drug distribution and interactions. Understanding these factors is crucial in pharmacology as they impact the effectiveness and duration of drug therapy.
One important factor is the relationship between renal clearance and the apparent volume of distribution. Renal clearance tends to be inversely proportional to the apparent volume of distribution. Drugs with an extensive distribution volume or those...

Classification of Titrimetric Analysis Based on Reaction Types

Classification of Titrimetric Analysis Based on Reaction Types

Titrimetric analysis in solution chemistry involves measuring the volume of solutions and is often called volumetric analysis. The standard solution of known concentration in the burette is called the titrant, whereas the solution of unknown concentration in the flask is called the analyte, or titrand. Titrimetric analyses can be classified into four types based on the reactions between the titrant and analyte.
Titrations between an acid and a base lead to neutralization reactions that form...

Force Classification

Force Classification

Forces play a crucial role in the study of physics and engineering. They are essential in describing the motion, behavior, and equilibrium of objects in the physical world. Forces can be classified based on their origin, type, and direction of action.
Contact and non-contact forces are two of the most widely used categories of forces. As the name suggests, contact forces require physical contact between two objects to act upon each other. Examples of contact forces include frictional,...

Classification of Neurotransmitters

Classification of Neurotransmitters

Neurotransmitters play a crucial role in the communication between neurons in the autonomic nervous system. Neurons in the autonomic nervous system can be cholinergic or adrenergic depending on the neurotransmitters synthesized. Cholinergic neurons use acetylcholine as their primary neurotransmitter. This includes all the preganglionic fibers of the sympathetic and pre- and postganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic nervous systems. In addition, neurons of the somatic nervous system also use...

Classification of Leukocytes

Classification of Leukocytes

Leukocytes are classified into two groups based on the presence or absence of cytoplasmic granules. Granular leukocytes, which contain granules, belong to the myeloid lineage and are divided into three subtypes: neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils. These cells are roughly spherical and characterized by the granules in their cytoplasm.
Neutrophils are the most abundant type of granular leukocytes, comprising 50-70% of all leukocytes. They feature small, evenly distributed granules and a...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

An Integrated Skin Cell Atlas Decodes the Pilosebaceous Unit.

The Journal of investigative dermatology·2026

Same author

Phenotypic similarity of adverse drug reactions and disease phenotypes is a bridge to mechanistic discovery.

npj drug discovery·2026

Same author

Origin of sexual dimorphism in osteoarthritis risk: the impact of pregnancy and parental care.

BMC public health·2026

Same author

Drugst.One DREAM-Drug repurposing through expert annotation and modification.

British journal of pharmacology·2026

Same author

Older adults with osteoarthritis show lower functional performance compared to those with diabetes or hypertension: Evidence from the SHARE dataset.

Osteoarthritis and cartilage open·2026

Same author

Estimating motion artifacts of HR-pQCT scans using automatically derived standard parameters of bone structure- and density-quantification.

Bone·2026

Same journal

Mapping the 3D Chromosome Organization of a Biosynthetic Gene Cluster by Capture Hi-C (CHi-C).

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)·2026

Same journal

Mapping the 3D Chromosome Organization of Streptomyces by Hi-C.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)·2026

Same journal

CUT&Tag Epigenomic Profiling of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)·2026

Same journal

Rhizobium rhizogenes-Mediated Hairy Root Transformation Protocol for Lotus japonicus and Other Legumes.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)·2026

Same journal

Characterization of Bioactive Saponins from Sea Cucumbers.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)·2026

Same journal

Methods for Functional Validation of Terpenoid Metabolic Clusters in Nicotiana benthamiana and Aspergillus oryzae.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Feb 7, 2026

Interactive and Visualized Online Experimentation System for Engineering Education and Research

Interactive and Visualized Online Experimentation System for Engineering Education and Research

Published on: November 24, 2021

Online Interactive Microbial Classification and Geospatial Distributional Analysis Using BioAtlas.

Jesper Lund¹, Qihua Tan¹, Jan Baumbach^2,3

¹Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)

|July 22, 2018

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

BioAtlas integrates metagenomics databases and classification tools to map prokaryotic distributions globally and by specific environments. This interactive web tool aids in exploring microbial life across diverse locations and user-defined datasets.

Keywords:

16s gene Data mining Distributional analysis Integration Maps Metadata Microbiology Online tool Ribosomal RNA Taxonomic classification

More Related Videos

High Throughput Co-culture Assays for the Investigation of Microbial Interactions

High Throughput Co-culture Assays for the Investigation of Microbial Interactions

Published on: October 15, 2019

Methods to Test Visual Attention Online

Methods to Test Visual Attention Online

Published on: February 19, 2015

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Feb 7, 2026

Interactive and Visualized Online Experimentation System for Engineering Education and Research

Interactive and Visualized Online Experimentation System for Engineering Education and Research

Published on: November 24, 2021

High Throughput Co-culture Assays for the Investigation of Microbial Interactions

High Throughput Co-culture Assays for the Investigation of Microbial Interactions

Published on: October 15, 2019

Methods to Test Visual Attention Online

Methods to Test Visual Attention Online

Published on: February 19, 2015

Area of Science:

Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology

Background:

Vast amounts of 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene data are publicly available in databases like SILVA and IMG.
The 16S rRNA gene's hypervariable regions offer significant taxonomic classification power.
Existing tools for 16S rRNA gene analysis often lack integration with geospatial and body-location metadata.

Purpose of the Study:

To present BioAtlas, an interactive web tool designed to bridge the gap between metagenomics data, taxonomic profiling, and associated metadata.
To enable searching, exploring, and analyzing prokaryotic distributions using integrated resources.

Main Methods:

Integration of multiple metagenomics databases and taxonomic classification tools.
Development of an interactive web platform for data visualization and analysis.
Implementation of geospatial mapping and user-generated map functionalities.

Main Results:

BioAtlas allows users to search and explore prokaryote occurrences on a global geospatial map.
The tool facilitates the investigation of microbial occurrences on user-defined surface-specific maps, exemplified by a human female map.
Users can classify their own sequence datasets and visualize the spatial distribution of identified microbes.

Conclusions:

BioAtlas provides a unified platform for exploring prokaryotic diversity and distribution.
The tool enhances the analysis of microbial communities by integrating sequence data with location information.
BioAtlas supports a more comprehensive understanding of microbial ecology across various environments.