The study of microbial communities has undergone significant advancements, starting from
the initial use of 16S rRNA sequencing to the adoption of shotgun metagenomics. However …

Assessment of biodiversity using metabarcoding data, such as from bulk or environmental
DNA sampling, is becoming increasingly relevant in ecology, biodiversity sciences and …

Detecting plant pathogens and diagnosing diseases are critical components of successful
pest management. These key areas have undergone significant advancements driven by …

Simple Summary Yaks are economically important food animals in the plateau regions of
China, but bacterial diarrheal diseases frequently occur, with limited effective treatments. In …

Bioactive polysaccharides (PSs) as useful resources have been extracted from floc sludge,
but there is limited knowledge about those from granular sludge. To address this gap, three …

One of the most critical steps for accurate taxonomic identification in DNA (meta)-barcoding
is to have an accurate DNA reference sequence dataset for the marker of choice. Therefore …

Scientific interest in the use of environmental microbiomes for risk assessment is rapidly
growing, as exemplified by various EFSA opinions. In the absence of official regulatory …

The health of bees can be assessed through their microbiome, which serves as a biomarker
indicating the presence of both beneficial and harmful microorganisms within a bee …

Despite the widely recognized role of pollinators in ecosystem services, we currently have a
poor understanding of the contribution of Natural Protected Areas neighboring agricultural …

BACKGROUND The use of DNA metabarcoding has become an increasingly popular
technique to infer feeding relationships in polyphagous herbivores and predators …