Sarah L. Westcott

Research topics

• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · 2 papers
• Gut microbiota and health · 2 papers
• Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · 2 papers

Frequent co-authors

• Patrick D. Schloss · 2 papers
• Thomas Ryabin · 1 paper
• Justine R. Hall · 1 paper
• Martin Hartmann · 1 paper
• Emily B. Hollister · 1 paper
• Ryan A. Lesniewski · 1 paper
• Brian B. Oakley · 1 paper
• Donovan H. Parks · 1 paper

Papers

1. Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial CommunitiesApplied and Environmental Microbiology · 2009 · 22,129 citations

   mothur aims to be a comprehensive software package that allows users to use a single piece of software to analyze community sequence data. It builds upon previous tools to provide a flexible and powerful software package for analyzing sequencing data.…

2. Development of a Dual-Index Sequencing Strategy and Curation Pipeline for Analyzing Amplicon Sequence Data on the MiSeq Illumina Sequencing PlatformApplied and Environmental Microbiology · 2013 · 7,693 citations

   Rapid advances in sequencing technology have changed the experimental landscape of microbial ecology. In the last 10 years, the field has moved from sequencing hundreds of 16S rRNA gene fragments per study using clone libraries to the sequencing of millions…