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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2026

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing: new horizons in microbiology.

Nan Guo, Shihan Chen, Lina Guo, Xiaotong Qiu, Zhenjun Li

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nan GuoResearch Center for Reverse Microbial Etiology, Workstation of Academician, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Shihan ChenSchool of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Lina GuoCollege of International Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Xiaotong QiuNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Zhenjun LiResearch Center for Reverse Microbial Etiology, Workstation of Academician, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in global health systems while accelerating the adoption of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) as a transformative tool for culture-independent, unbiased microbial detection. In clinical diagnostics, mNGS enables simultaneous detection of diverse pathogens without prior hypothesis, though its yield depends heavily on specimen type and clinical context. In public health, mNGS has demonstrated remarkable utility in outbreak tracing, novel pathogen discovery, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance, and One Health initiatives. However, massive data volumes pose persistent challenges in bioinformatics, standardization, and computational demands. Future integration of artificial intelligence, automated platforms, and multi-omics approaches will enhance the conversion of raw data into actionable insights. Collectively, mNGS is poised to drive a paradigm shift from reactive responses to proactive, system-level microbial surveillance across human, animal, and environmental health.

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High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMetagenomicsAnimalsComputational BiologyCOVID-19HumansOne HealthPandemicsPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2bioinformaticsclinical diagnosticsmetagenomic next-generation sequencingOne Healthpathogen surveillancepublic health

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PMID42553092
PMCPMC13433224

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