Despite accounting for a significant portion of the Earth's prokaryotic biomass, controls on
the abundance and biodiversity of microorganisms residing in the continental subsurface …

The profound influence of microorganisms on human life and global biogeochemical cycles
underlines the value of studying the biogeography of microorganisms, exploring microbial …

Dietary fibers (DFs) impact the gut microbiome in ways often considered beneficial.
However, it is unknown if precise and predictable manipulations of the gut microbiota, and …

The gut microbiota play important roles in lipid metabolism and absorption. However, the
contribution of the small bowel microbiota of mammals to these diet-microbe interactions …

Advances in high-throughput sequencing and 'omics technologies are revolutionizing
studies of naturally occurring microbial communities. Comprehensive investigations of …

Nitrogen fixation in the surface ocean impacts global marine nitrogen bioavailability and
thus microbial primary productivity. Until now, cyanobacterial populations have been viewed …

Somatic mutations in te t methylcytosine dioxygenase 2 (TET2), which encodes an
epigenetic modifier enzyme, drive the development of haematopoietic malignancies,,,,,–. In …

With read lengths of currently up to 2× 300 bp, high throughput and low sequencing costs
Illumina's MiSeq is becoming one of the most utilized sequencing platforms worldwide. The …

Genotyping by sequencing (GBS) is a next generation sequencing based method that takes
advantage of reduced representation to enable high throughput genotyping of large …

A central challenge in the present era of biodiversity loss is to assess and manage human
impacts on freshwater ecosystems. Macroinvertebrates are an important group for such …