Background Cultivation-independent methods, including metagenomics, are tools for the
exploration and discovery of biotechnological compounds produced by microbes in natural …

To follow the hypothesis that agricultural management practices affect structure and function
of the soil microbiome regarding soil health and plant-beneficial traits, high-throughput (HT) …

As is well known, soil is a complex ecosystem harboring the most prokaryotic biodiversity on
the Earth. In recent years, the advent of high-throughput sequencing techniques has greatly …

Background Metatranscriptomics is emerging as a powerful technology for the functional
characterization of complex microbial communities (microbiomes). Use of unbiased RNA …

Plastic pollution exacerbated by the excessive use of synthetic plastics and its recalcitrance
has been recognized among the most pressing global threats. Microbial degradation of …

The past few years observed a breakthrough of genome sequences of bacteria of
Rhodococcus genus with significant biodegradation abilities. Invaluable knowledge from …

Although there is now an extensive understanding of the diversity of microbial life on earth
through culture-independent metagenomic DNA sequence analyses, the isolation and …

Microbial hydrolysis of polysaccharides is critical to ecosystem functioning and is of great
interest in diverse biotechnological applications, such as biofuel production and …

The production of biogas by anaerobic digestion (AD) of agricultural residues, organic
wastes, animal excrements, municipal sludge, and energy crops has a firm place in …

Microbial consortia selected from complex lignocellulolytic microbial communities are
promising alternatives to deconstruct plant waste, since synergistic action of different …