The interaction between the human microbiome and immune system has an effect on
several human metabolic functions and impacts our well-being. Additionally, the interaction …

The primary habitat of Escherichia coli is the vertebrate gut, where it is the predominant
aerobic organism, living in symbiosis with its host. Despite the occurrence of recombination …

Visual understanding of complex urban street scenes is an enabling factor for a wide range
of applications. Object detection has benefited enormously from large-scale datasets …

Assessing the reproducibility, accuracy and utility of massively parallel DNA sequencing
platforms remains an ongoing challenge. Here the Association of Biomolecular Resource …

Despite recent advances in commercially optimized identification systems, bacterial
identification remains a challenging task in many routine microbiological laboratories …

Up to date research in biology, biotechnology, and medicine requires fast genome and
transcriptome analysis technologies for the investigation of cellular state, physiology, and …

Actinomycetes are virtually unlimited sources of novel compounds with many therapeutic
applications and hold a prominent position due to their diversity and proven ability to …

Very high-throughput sequencing technologies need to be matched by high-throughput
functional studies if we are to make full use of the current explosion in genome sequences …

Background Renewable energy production is currently a major issue worldwide. Biogas is a
promising renewable energy carrier as the technology of its production combines the …

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) promises to be transformative for the practice of clinical
microbiology, and the rapidly falling cost and turnaround time mean that this will become a …