Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an important enzyme that acts as the first line of protection in
the plant antioxidant defense system, involved in eliminating reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

Bacterial adaptation is accelerated by the acquisition of novel traits through horizontal gene
transfer, but the integration of these genes affects genome organization. We found that …

Average genome size is an important, yet often overlooked, property of microbial
communities. We developed MicrobeCensus to rapidly and accurately estimate average …

The origin of eukaryotes stands as a major conundrum in biology. Current evidence
indicates that the last eukaryotic common ancestor already possessed many eukaryotic …

Background Metagenomic studies carried out in the past decade have led to an enhanced
understanding of the gut microbiome in human health; however, the Indian gut microbiome …

The gut microbiota composition of elderly hospitalized patients with Clostridium difficile
infection (CDI) exposed to previous antibiotic treatment is still poorly investigated. The aim of …

Orthology, refining the concept of homology, is the cornerstone of evolutionary comparative
studies. With the ever-increasing availability of genomic data, inference of orthology has …

Passage through the birth canal and consequent exposure to the mother's microbiota is
considered to represent the initiating event for microbial colonization of the gastrointestinal …

Achieving high accuracy in orthology inference is essential for many comparative,
evolutionary and functional genomic analyses, yet the true evolutionary history of genes is …

Microbiome analysis involves determining the composition and function of a community of
microorganisms in a particular location. For the gastroenterologist, this technology opens up …