The bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems is currently based on various biotic indices that
use the occurrence and/or abundance of selected taxonomic groups to define ecological …

High-throughput amplicon sequencing of environmental DNA and/or RNA proved to be a
powerful tool to describe protist diversity. This new approach called also the metabarcoding …

Climate change is altering the frequency and severity of drought events. Recent evidence
indicates that drought may produce legacy effects on soil microbial communities. However, it …

Many intestinal pathogens, including Clostridioides difficile, use mucus-derived sugars as
crucial nutrients in the gut. Commensals that compete with pathogens for such nutrients are …

Background The accuracy of microbial community surveys based on marker-gene and
metagenomic sequencing (MGS) suffers from the presence of contaminants—DNA …

Microorganisms are critical in mediating carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling processes in
soils. Yet, it has long been debated whether the processes underlying biogeochemical …

Soil microorganisms control carbon losses from soils to the atmosphere 1, 2, 3, yet their
responses to climate warming are often short-lived and unpredictable 4, 5, 6, 7. Two …

An altered gut microbiota has been linked to obesity in adulthood, although little is known
about childhood obesity. The aim of this study was to characterize the composition of the gut …

Stable-isotope probing is widely used to study the function of microbial taxa in their natural
environment, but sorting of isotopically labelled microbial cells from complex samples for …

Background & Aims Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel diseases result
in a substantial reduction in quality of life and a considerable socioeconomic impact. In IBS …