Nathanael David Olson

Publications

Impact of conventional wastewater treatment and reuse site practices on the bacterial community structure of reclaimed water

October 15, 2018

Author(s):

Prachi Kulkarni, Nathanael D. Olson, Joseph N. Paulson, Mihai Pop, Cynthia Maddox, Emma Claye, Rachel E. Rosenberg Goldstein, Manan Sharma, Amy R. Sapkota

Reclaimed water use continues to expand across the United States, from areas that have access to advanced, potable-level treated reclaimed water, to areas that...

Using metagenomic methods to detect organismal contaminants in microbial materials.

September 12, 2017

Author(s):

Nathanael D. Olson, Justin M. Zook, Jayne B. Morrow, Nancy J. Lin

High sensitivity methods as next generation sequencing and PCR are adversely impacted by organismal and DNA contaminants. Current methods for detecting...

Metagenomic assembly through the lens of validation: a review of recent advances in assessing and improving the quality of genes and genomes assembled from metagenomes.

August 07, 2017

Author(s):

Nathanael D. Olson, Chris M. Hill, Vistoria Cepeda-Espinoza, Jay Ghurye, Sergey Koren, Todd J. Treangen, Mihai Pop

Metagenomic samples are snapshots of complex ecosystems at work. These samples often involve hundreds of bacteria from known and unknown species, contain...

Occurrence of Antibiotic Residues in Differentially Treated Wastewater and in Reclaimed Water Utilized in Spray Irrigation

June 21, 2017

Author(s):

Prachi Kulkarni, Nathanael D. Olson, Greg Raspanti, Rachel F. Rosenberg Goldstein, Shawn G. Gibbs, Amir Sapkota, Amy Sapkota

The objective of this study was to evaluate concentrations of antibiotics in differentially treated wastewater and reclaimed water. Wastewater (from several...

Performing skin microbiome research: A method to the madness

March 01, 2017

Author(s):

Heidi H. Kong, Bj?rn Andersson, Thomas Clavel, John E. Common, Scott A. Jackson, Nathanael D. Olson, Julia Segre, Claudia Traidl-Hoffman