Trillions of bacteria inhabit the mammalian gastrointestinal tract. In the majority of hosts,
these symbionts contribute largely to beneficial functions promoting microbe-host …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has gained growing attention as a strategy for
monitoring biodiversity in ecology. However, taxa identifications produced through …

Lifestyle, obesity, and the gut microbiome are important risk factors for metabolic disorders.
We demonstrate in 1,976 subjects of a German population cohort (KORA) that specific …

Cancer-microbe associations have been explored for centuries, but cancer-associated fungi
have rarely been examined. Here, we comprehensively characterize the cancer mycobiome …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of chronic inflammatory disorders that fall into
two main categories: Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The gastrointestinal …

Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a life-threatening complication of allogeneic
hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), for which therapeutic options are limited …

In microbiome research, phylogenetic and functional marker gene amplicon sequencing is
the most commonly-used community profiling approach. Consequently, a plethora of …

Importance Probiotics are often considered in children to prevent antibiotic-associated
diarrhea. However, the underlying mechanistic effects and impact of probiotics on antibiotic …

Specific mechanisms underlying gut microbiota alterations in schizophrenia remain
unknown. We aimed to compare gut microbiota between patients with schizophrenia and …

Root hairs are considered important for rhizosphere formation, which affects root system
functioning. Through interactions with soil microorganisms mediated by root exudation, root …