title: Bringing the Dynamic Microbiome to Life with Animations.
abstract: Our bodies and natural environment contain complex microbial communities, colloquially termed microbiomes. We previously created a web-based application, EMPeror, for visualizing ordinations derived from comparisons of these microbiome communities. We have now improved EMPeror to create interactive animations that connect successive samples to highlight patterns over time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0404, USA.
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Baeza
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0404, USA; California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0436, USA.
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smarr
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0404, USA.
authors.forename: James T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0404, USA.
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Navas-Molina
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0404, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: robknight@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000235:genetics; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D054892:Metagenome / Q000235:genetics*; D064307:Microbiota / Q000235:genetics*