Metagenomic sequencing is revolutionizing the detection and characterization of microbial
species, and a wide variety of software tools are available to perform taxonomic …

Diverse microbial communities of bacteria, archaea, viruses and single-celled eukaryotes
have crucial roles in the environment and in human health. However, microbes are …

ABSTRACT A large amount of sequencing data is produced in microbial community ecology
studies using the high-throughput sequencing technique, especially amplicon-sequencing …

Mutualistic interactions between host plants and their microbiota have the potential to
provide disease resistance. Most research has focused on the rhizosphere, but it is unclear …

Microplastics (MPs) can be ingested by a variety of species and mainly accumulate in the
gut. However, the consequences of MPs exposure in the gut are largely unknown. Here we …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. However, the
etiopathogenesis of this devastating disease is not fully understood. Recent studies in …

Objective The medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis and its anamorph Hirsutella
sinensis have a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine for their …

The widespread application of next-generation sequencing technologies has revolutionized
microbiome research by enabling high-throughput profiling of the genetic contents of …

Objective Gastric carcinoma development is triggered by Helicobacter pylori. Chronic H.
pylori infection leads to reduced acid secretion, which may allow the growth of a different …

Productivity of ruminant livestock depends on the rumen microbiota, which ferment
indigestible plant polysaccharides into nutrients used for growth. Understanding the …