The clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe disease and death. Understanding the risk factors of …

Despite advances in sequencing, lack of standardization makes comparisons across studies
challenging and hampers insights into the structure and function of microbial communities …

Worldwide, scientists are looking for specific treatment for COVID-19. Apart from the antiviral
approach, the interventions to support healthy immune responses to the virus are feasible …

SARS-CoV-2 has become one of the most studied viruses of the last century. It was
assumed that the only possible host for these types of viruses was mammalian eukaryotic …

Background The upper respiratory tract (URT) is the portal of entry of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and SARS-CoV-2 likely interacts with …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) expressing foreign antigens have great potential as mucosal
vaccines. Our previous study reported that recombinant Lactiplantibacillus plantarum SK156 …

Standard workflows for analyzing microbiomes often include the creation and curation of
phylogenetic trees. Here we present EMPress, an interactive web tool for visualizing trees in …

The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, forced us
to face a pandemic with unprecedented social, economic, and public health consequences …

Metagenomics has revolutionized our understanding of microbial communities, offering
unprecedented insights into their genetic and functional diversity across Earth's diverse …

Since the first report of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in
December 2019, over 100 million people have been infected by COVID-19, millions of …