Sphingomonas: from diversity and genomics to functional role in environmental remediation and plant growth

S Asaf, M Numan, AL Khan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The species belonging to the Sphingomonas genus possess multifaceted functions ranging
from remediation of environmental contaminations to producing highly beneficial …

The human microbiome and its impacts on health

GA Ogunrinola, JO Oyewale… - International journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The human microbiome comprises bacteria, archaea, viruses, and eukaryotes which reside
within and outside our bodies. These organisms impact human physiology, both in health …

The Tabula Sapiens: A multiple-organ, single-cell transcriptomic atlas of humans

The Tabula Sapiens Consortium*, RC Jones… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Molecular characterization of cell types using single-cell transcriptome sequencing is
revolutionizing cell biology and enabling new insights into the physiology of human organs …

GTDB: an ongoing census of bacterial and archaeal diversity through a phylogenetically consistent, rank normalized and complete genome-based taxonomy

DH Parks, M Chuvochina, C Rinke… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB; https://gtdb. ecogenomic. org) provides a
phylogenetically consistent and rank normalized genome-based taxonomy for prokaryotic …

The lung microbiome regulates brain autoimmunity

L Hosang, RC Canals, FJ van der Flier, J Hollensteiner… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Lung infections and smoking are risk factors for multiple sclerosis, a T-cell-mediated
autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. In addition, the lung serves as a niche …

Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major …

DW Waite, M Chuvochina, C Pelikan… - … of Systematic and …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
The class Deltaproteobacteria comprises an ecologically and metabolically diverse group of
bacteria best known for dissimilatory sulphate reduction and predatory behaviour. Although …

Microplastics affect sedimentary microbial communities and nitrogen cycling

ME Seeley, B Song, R Passie, RC Hale - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Microplastics are ubiquitous in estuarine, coastal, and deep sea sediments. The impacts of
microplastics on sedimentary microbial ecosystems and biogeochemical carbon and …

Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description …

RS Gupta, S Patel, N Saini… - International journal of …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
To clarify the evolutionary relationships and classification of Bacillus species,
comprehensive phylogenomic and comparative analyses were performed on> 300 …

Standardized multi-omics of Earth's microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity

JP Shaffer, LF Nothias, LR Thompson, JG Sanders… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite advances in sequencing, lack of standardization makes comparisons across studies
challenging and hampers insights into the structure and function of microbial communities …

Key bacterial taxa and metabolic pathways affecting gut short-chain fatty acid profiles in early life

N Tsukuda, K Yahagi, T Hara, Y Watanabe… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Infant gut microbiota development affects the host physiology throughout life, and short-
chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are promising key metabolites mediating microbiota-host …