Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has advanced our understanding of the
human microbiome by allowing for the discovery and characterization of unculturable …

States of oral health and disease reflect the compositional and functional capacities of, as
well as the interspecies interactions within, the oral microbiota. The oral cavity exists as a …

Gut microbiota includes a vast collection of microorganisms residing within the
gastrointestinal tract. It is broadly recognized that the gut and brain are in constant …

Compared to bacteria, our knowledge of archaeal biology is limited. Historically,
microbiologists have mostly relied on culturing and single-gene diversity surveys to …

We present two standards developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for
reporting bacterial and archaeal genome sequences. Both are extensions of the Minimum …

Environmental biotechnology offers several promising techniques for the rehabilitation of
polluted environments. The modern industrialized world presents novel challenges to the …

The gastrointestinal tract contains trillions of microbes (collectively known as the gut
microbiota) that play essential roles in host physiology and health. Studies from our group …

Sustainable poultry meat and egg production is important to provide safe and quality protein
sources in human nutrition worldwide. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract of chickens harbor a …

Metagenomic datasets contain billions of protein sequences that could greatly enhance
large-scale functional annotation and structure prediction. Utilizing this enormous resource …

The classification of life forms into a hierarchical system (taxonomy) and the application of
names to this hierarchy (nomenclature) is at a turning point in microbiology. The …