The use of phylogenies in ecology is increasingly common and has broadened our
understanding of biological diversity. Ecological sub‐disciplines, particularly conservation …

The microbiota should be considered as just another component of the human epigenetic
landscape. Thus, health is also a reflection of the diversity and composition of gut microbiota …

Identifying differentially abundant microbes is a common goal of microbiome studies.
Multiple methods are used interchangeably for this purpose in the literature. Yet, there are …

Fiber fermentation by gut microbiota yields short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) that are either
absorbed by the gut or excreted in feces. Studies are conflicting as to whether SCFAs are …

Summary microViz is an R package for the statistical analysis and visualization of microbiota
data. This package extends the functionality of popular microbial ecosystem data analysis R …

While activation of beige thermogenesis is a promising approach for treatment of obesity-
associated diseases, there are currently no known pharmacological means of inducing …

Advances in the analysis of amplicon sequence datasets have introduced a methodological
shift in how research teams investigate microbial biodiversity, away from sequence identity …

Bile acids activate farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and G protein–coupled bile acid receptor‐1
(aka Takeda G protein–coupled receptor‐5 [TGR5]) to regulate bile acid metabolism and …

The central aims of many host or environmental microbiome studies are to elucidate factors
associated with microbial community compositions and to relate microbial features to …

OBJECTIVE Recent studies suggest the beneficial effects of metformin on glucose
metabolism may be microbially mediated. We examined the association of type 2 diabetes …